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Join #AIBSRep for #UTEP, Eli Greenbaum, on his race to identify a multitude of unidentified species in the Congo, a volatile African region overcome with population pressure, military oppression, and climate change. #newbook #herpetologist www.simonandschuster.com/books/Venomo...
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Join herpetologist Eli Greenbaum on his race to identify a multitude of unidentified species in the Congo, a volatile African region overcome with ...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Join #AIBSRep for #UTEP, Eli Greenbaum, on his race to identify a multitude of unidentified species in the Congo, a volatile African region overcome with population pressure, military oppression, and climate change. #newbook #herpetologist www.simonandschuster.com/books/Venomo...
In this article, #Ripple and others seek to speak candidly to fellow scientists, policymakers, and humanity at large about "the 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink". academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
academic.oup.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In this article, #Ripple and others seek to speak candidly to fellow scientists, policymakers, and humanity at large about "the 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink". academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Article at #physorg discusses "Microcompartment approach expands possibilities for studying #viruses in the environment". phys.org/news/2025-11...
Microcompartment approach expands possibilities for studying viruses in the environment
A new method vastly improves on the existing approach for single-cell genetic sequencing, enabling scientists to read the genomes of individual cells and viral particles in the environment more…
phys.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Article at #physorg discusses "Microcompartment approach expands possibilities for studying #viruses in the environment". phys.org/news/2025-11...
AI assistants are increasingly the first interface that processes scholarly content, summarizing and extracting answers before a person reaches a publisher’s page. Several publishers now report traffic declines from search and referrals. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/06/g...
Guest Post — AI as Reader, Author, and Reviewer: What Stays Human? - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest blogger shares highlights from a recent panel at the New Directions Seminar that concluded AI is simultaneously the largest challenge and the largest opportunity.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
AI assistants are increasingly the first interface that processes scholarly content, summarizing and extracting answers before a person reaches a publisher’s page. Several publishers now report traffic declines from search and referrals. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/06/g...
🎙️ Just published a new episode of BioScience Talks: A Cautionary Tale of Ecoservice Valuation, with John Van Stan. Have a listen:
A Cautionary Tale of Ecoservice Valuation, with John Van Stan
For this episode, we're joined once again by John Van Stan, a Professor...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of BioScience Talks: A Cautionary Tale of Ecoservice Valuation, with John Van Stan. Have a listen:
Register today for the upcoming #iDigBio webinar, No iDigBio? Where do I Put My Data?, taking place Nov 18 at 2pm ET. ufl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Register today for the upcoming #iDigBio webinar, No iDigBio? Where do I Put My Data?, taking place Nov 18 at 2pm ET. ufl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
AI chatbots are worse at retrieving accurate information and reasoning when trained on large amounts of low-quality content, particularly if the content is popular on social media. #AINews #AIhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03542-2
Too much social media gives AI chatbots ‘brain rot’
Large language models fed low-quality data skip steps in their reasoning process.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
AI chatbots are worse at retrieving accurate information and reasoning when trained on large amounts of low-quality content, particularly if the content is popular on social media. #AINews #AIhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03542-2
Biologist Jessie Vandierendonck has been investigating new, alternative treatments to combat bacterial infections using (bacterio)phages, viruses that attack and destroy #bacteria. #biology #sciencenewshttps://phys.org/news/2025-10-genetically-phages-bacterial-toxins-combat.html
Genetically modified phages deliver bacterial toxins to combat multidrug-resistant E. coli
At the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)—Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), biologist Jessie Vandierendonck has been investigating new, alternative treatments to combat bacterial infections…
phys.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Role of fat body lipid transport in Drosophila neurodevelopment. #thenode #biologists thenode.biologists.com/role-of-fat-...
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Role of fat body lipid transport in Drosophila neurodevelopment. #thenode #biologists thenode.biologists.com/role-of-fat-...
The latest #AIBS Public Policy Report has been released. Government shutdown drags on , EPA launches sweeping reorganization , Interior Department’s layoff plans, and other news. #policynews #scipol #polnews www.aibs.org/news/2025/25...
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The latest #AIBS Public Policy Report has been released. Government shutdown drags on , EPA launches sweeping reorganization , Interior Department’s layoff plans, and other news. #policynews #scipol #polnews www.aibs.org/news/2025/25...
Los Alamos laboratory is under increasing pressure to meet the federal government’s ambitions to upgrade the nation’s nuclear arsenal. #nucleararms #LosAlamos www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
In a Looming Nuclear Arms Race, Aging Los Alamos Faces a Major Test
The lab where Oppenheimer developed the atomic bomb is the linchpin in the United States’ effort to modernize its nuclear weapons. Yet the site has contended with contamination incidents, work…
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November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Los Alamos laboratory is under increasing pressure to meet the federal government’s ambitions to upgrade the nation’s nuclear arsenal. #nucleararms #LosAlamos www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
Lost & abandoned fishing nets, traps & lines can catch and entangle animals, even decades after they enter marine ecosystems. Many are looking at ways to educate communities about this hidden but pervasive problem & mitigate its impact on animals. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
'Ghost Gear,' or Abandoned Fishing Equipment, Is Haunting the Oceans. Here's How Conservationists Are Fighting Back
Discarded nets, lines and traps are a hazard to marine life and ecosystems around the world, but pioneering programs are tackling the problem creatively through education, prevention, ocean cleanups…
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Lost & abandoned fishing nets, traps & lines can catch and entangle animals, even decades after they enter marine ecosystems. Many are looking at ways to educate communities about this hidden but pervasive problem & mitigate its impact on animals. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
From #Yale University - Q&A: Turning to trees for sustainable photoluminescence. #physorg phys.org/news/2025-10...
Q&A: Turning to trees for sustainable photoluminescence
Photoluminescent materials are essential for numerous modern technologies—displays, solar cells, optoelectronic devices and sensors among them. However, most photoluminescent materials in use today…
phys.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
From #Yale University - Q&A: Turning to trees for sustainable photoluminescence. #physorg phys.org/news/2025-10...
How molecular signaling bias can lead to better drug design. #physorg #GPCRs phys.org/news/2025-10...
How molecular signaling bias can lead to better drug design
About one-third of all drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration target the largest family of cell membrane receptors called G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).
phys.org
November 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
How molecular signaling bias can lead to better drug design. #physorg #GPCRs phys.org/news/2025-10...
SynFormer is a generative modeling framework designed to efficiently explore & navigate synthesizable chemical space. Unlike traditional molecular generation approaches, it generates synthetic pathways for molecules to ensure that designs are synthetically tractable. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Generative AI for navigating synthesizable chemical space | PNAS
We introduce SynFormer, a generative modeling framework designed to efficiently explore and navigate synthesizable chemical space. Unlike tradition...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SynFormer is a generative modeling framework designed to efficiently explore & navigate synthesizable chemical space. Unlike traditional molecular generation approaches, it generates synthetic pathways for molecules to ensure that designs are synthetically tractable. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Scientists have relied on airplanes to count birds. This approach depends on the human eye, and even experts can overlook birds when they scatter or blend into their environment. Professor Yi Shang,at Mizzou's College of Engineering, is revolutionizing this process. phys.org/news/2025-10...
Using drones, AI and ducks to guide the future of wildlife conservation
Above Missouri's wetlands, a drone quietly hums above flocks of migratory water birds, its camera capturing the ripples of movement below. With this technology, University of Missouri researchers are…
phys.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Scientists have relied on airplanes to count birds. This approach depends on the human eye, and even experts can overlook birds when they scatter or blend into their environment. Professor Yi Shang,at Mizzou's College of Engineering, is revolutionizing this process. phys.org/news/2025-10...
Register today for the upcoming #iDigBio webinar, Florida Museum Undergraduate Internship Program: A Model for Supporting Museum Interns, which take place Nov 6 at 2pm ET. ufl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Register today for the upcoming #iDigBio webinar, Florida Museum Undergraduate Internship Program: A Model for Supporting Museum Interns, which take place Nov 6 at 2pm ET. ufl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
As environmental threats mount, #wildlife #conservation is entering a new era with the use of drones, satellites, artificial intelligence, and more. #cws #centerforwildlifestudies www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/blog/the-fut...
The Future of Conservation: How Technology Is Transforming Wildlife Protection — Center for Wildlife Studies
Across the globe, conservationists are using emerging technologies to understand, protect, and coexist with the natural world. From detecting poachers in real-time to monitoring elusive species from…
www.centerforwildlifestudies.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
As environmental threats mount, #wildlife #conservation is entering a new era with the use of drones, satellites, artificial intelligence, and more. #cws #centerforwildlifestudies www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/blog/the-fut...
Join @the-node.bsky.social on November 16 to hear from two early-career researchers working on regeneration. thenode.biologists.com/development-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Join @the-node.bsky.social on November 16 to hear from two early-career researchers working on regeneration. thenode.biologists.com/development-...
The #DOE, #Argonne National Laboratory, #NVIDIA and #Oracle announced a landmark public-private partnership to deliver the DOE’s largest #AI supercomputer and accelerate scientific discovery.
www.energy.gov/articles/ene...
www.energy.gov/articles/ene...
Energy Department Announces New Partnership with NVIDIA and Oracle to Build Largest DOE AI Supercomputer
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Argonne National Laboratory, NVIDIA and Oracle today announced a landmark public-private partnership to deliver the DOE’s largest AI supercomputer and accelerate…
www.energy.gov
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
AI Surpasses Humans in Identifying #Parasites in Stool Samples, According to Utah Study. #bioengineer #AI bioengineer.org/ai-surpasses...
October 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
AI Surpasses Humans in Identifying #Parasites in Stool Samples, According to Utah Study. #bioengineer #AI bioengineer.org/ai-surpasses...
Higher education associations are calling on #Congress to abandon a research security bill that would prohibit awarding federal funds to researchers affiliated with a “hostile foreign entity.” #AIP www.aip.org/fyi/house-pr...
House Proposes Banning Federal Funds for Researchers with ‘Hostile’ Foreign Ties
Higher ed associations are protesting the policy’s “enormously broad definitions” and disclosure requirements.
www.aip.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Higher education associations are calling on #Congress to abandon a research security bill that would prohibit awarding federal funds to researchers affiliated with a “hostile foreign entity.” #AIP www.aip.org/fyi/house-pr...
Birds, Bats and Bugs: The Teeming World Above Our Heads. Researchers are finally able to catch a glimpse of the life filling the skies, and they want to protect it. #smithsonian www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
October 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Birds, Bats and Bugs: The Teeming World Above Our Heads. Researchers are finally able to catch a glimpse of the life filling the skies, and they want to protect it. #smithsonian www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
The #BIOFAIR Team invites you to participate in an online community forum regarding the integration of FAIR biological and environmental data: Open Mic for Data! #BCON bcon.aibs.org/event/biofai...
October 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The #BIOFAIR Team invites you to participate in an online community forum regarding the integration of FAIR biological and environmental data: Open Mic for Data! #BCON bcon.aibs.org/event/biofai...
An artificial intelligence (AI) model trained on complex data from human cells could provide a shortcut in the race to develop new drugs. #sciencemagazine #AI #medicine www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This AI method could turbocharge the hunt for new medicines
A deep-learning design sidesteps the need for time-consuming drug-screening.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
An artificial intelligence (AI) model trained on complex data from human cells could provide a shortcut in the race to develop new drugs. #sciencemagazine #AI #medicine www.nature.com/articles/d41...