Nvidia, Eli Lilly just say yes to making drugs together, using Vera Rubin GPUs
If penicillin was discovered on moldy bread, who's to say the next miracle drug won't be born from AI hallucinations
AI + ML12 Jan 2026 | 7
Biotech
Bezos-backed Unconventional AI aims to make datacenter power problems go away
Interview Startup wagers the path to sustainable AI might be found in nature’s most amazing design - the brain
The Future of the Datacenter08 Dec 2025 | 27
Dropping Nvidia for Amazon's custom chips helped gene therapy startup Metagenomi cut AI bill 56%
It's not the size of your accelerator, it's how you use it
AI + ML22 Oct 2025 | 8
AI can now design functional viruses – not the computer kind, either
Inject this synthetic phage into E. coli and it kills better than the real thing
Science18 Sep 2025 | 33
Smart-blooded super soldiers: Coming soon from DARPA
We remind the world yet again that science fiction is usually a warning, not an aspiration
Science15 Sep 2025 | 33
Gene scanner pays $9.8 million to get feds off its back in security flap
Illumina allegedly lied about its testing devices meeting government standards
Security31 Jul 2025 | 4
BROADER TOPICS
DARPA is testing a device soldiers can swallow to make them less stressed
Not that kind of edible - this one's electronic
Science11 Jun 2025 | 28
23andMe's genes not strong enough to avoid Chapter 11
CEO steps down after multiple failed attempts to take the DNA testing company private
Cyber-crime24 Mar 2025 | 46
Neural interface lets paralyzed person steer virtual quadcopter, opening new doors for gaming
Researchers aim to tackle unmet needs for social connection and recreation
Science21 Jan 2025 | 9
Gang of monkeys escape South Carolina biomedical research facility
Lock your doors and windows, say police, but these should be disease-free
Bootnotes11 Nov 2024 | 61
Enzo Biochem ordered to cough up $4.5 million over lousy security that led to ransomware disaster
Three state attorneys general probed the company and found plenty to chastise
Cyber-crime14 Aug 2024 | 3
FDA gives Neuralink 'a second shot' at human brain chip
A case of 'keep digging deeper' actually being the right move for Elon, potentially
Science20 May 2024 | 9
Neuralink keeps losing the thread on brain implant wiring
Musk venture allegedly decided imperfect design was usable
Science15 May 2024 | 25
Japanese scientists propose drug to regrow teeth, promise trials won't bite
Adios, dentures?
Science13 May 2024 | 50
Brain-sensing threads slip from gray matter in first human Neuralink trial
Oh well – next!
Science09 May 2024 | 13
Guess the company: Takes your DNA, blames you when criminals steal it, can’t spot a cyberattack for 5 months
Breach filings show Reddit post led to the discovery rather than any sophisticated cyber defenses
Cyber-crime26 Jan 2024 | 36
Infosec experts divided over 23andMe's 'victim-blaming' stance on data breach
Users apparently at fault after reusing credentials the company didn't check were already compromised
Cyber-crime04 Jan 2024 | 29
Boffins claim invention of rechargable, biodegradable, supercapacitor drug pump
Lab rats absorb widget after getting their dose
Science21 Nov 2023 | 16
Think tank: Chips Act is great, but US should look at biotech supply chain too
The White House and DoD move to bolster domestic biomanufacturing
Public Sector04 Apr 2023 | 4
Uncle Sam OKs vaccine that protects honeybees against hive-destroying bacterium
Maybe humans could learn a thing or two about how modern medicine can prevent the spread of disease
Science06 Jan 2023 | 35
Biotech firm: Graphcore IPUs faster for AI-based drug discovery than GPUs
Someone's got to keep, say, Nvidia on its toes
AI + ML21 Apr 2022 | 4
Idea of downloading memories far-fetched say experts after Musk claim resurfaces in latest Neuralink development
'Save and replay memories'? Not quite, say boffins...
AI + ML31 Jan 2022 | 104
Welcome to cultured meat – not pigs reading Proust but a viable alternative to slaughter
The meatball that shook the world has investors salivating
Science16 Nov 2019 | 210
It's the real Heart Bleed: Medtronic locks out vulnerable pacemaker programmer kit
A pulse-racing tale of biotech bug fixing
Security12 Oct 2018 | 26
Google will make you live to be 500, claims Ventures president
We'll be keeping your data until then, so you might as well
SaaS10 Mar 2015 | 33
Tech bubble? No, no way, nope, says Silicon Valley investor
Web Summit Thiel claims tech firms actually the bubble safety net
On-Prem06 Nov 2014 | 17
Investor pulls out of Facebook, pumps cash into pork-printing joint
As you do
Science23 Aug 2012 | 64
Canadian kid uses supercomputing to cure cystic fibrosis
16-year-old cops prize for developing drug cocktail
Science11 May 2011 | 48
Mutated genetic supertrout developed in lab
Belgian 'blue cow' biotech produces: Das Überfisch
Science11 Mar 2010 | 52
Copyrighted mice give OK on vat-grown organs
Big Blue® brand rodents scotch mutant clone peril
Science25 Mar 2009 | 7
UK boffins to breed syntho-blood from human embryos
As syntho-blood exec fakes terminal cancer
Science24 Mar 2009 | 6
DARPA at phase 2 on human 'regeneration' tech
Zaphod Beeblebrox™ extra limbs for multitaskers?
Science24 Mar 2009 | 24
Coming soon: Pills to 'turn down' your ears at clubs
Amps that go beyond 11 widely expected
Science21 Jan 2009 | 47
Green biz now 'bigger than software and biotech'
Bankers show off amazing motorised goalposts
Science08 Oct 2008 | 7
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