How generative AI and physics can help design new antibiotics

Scientists are using AI and physics-based simulations together to design new peptides that will kill previously ...

Scientists Made a Cell With Most of the Hallmarks of Life. Here’s What to Know.

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.
Quanta Magazine

For the First Time, a Cell Built From Scratch Grows and Divides

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...
The New York Times

What Is Dust Even Made Of? (And How to Manage It)

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Boffin claims Microsoft's supposed quantum leap does not compute due to 'basic Python errors'

Prestigious journal Nature has published a peer-reviewed critique of Microsoft's claims to have made quantum computing ...

Researchers claim Microsoft's quantum breakthrough is flawed by basic Python errors

Microsoft's 2029 quantum supercomputer ambitions may have hit a roadblock, as critics claim the company's 2025 quantum ...
Quanta Magazine

How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really?

Every time I write about particle physics, I encounter a moment of uncertainty about a quantity that, at first glance, ought to be clear. How many kinds of elementary particles should I say there are?