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Science News Roundup: Brain Structures, Cell Survival, AI Research, and More

Today's science news spans neuroscience discoveries, cellular biology breakthroughs, AI applications, and space technology advances. Textbooks may have misdrawn this basic brain structure for 100 years Researchers have found that the axons of brain cells likely do not form smooth tubes as depicted in textbooks for over 100

"Zombie Cells" Discovery Reveals How Damaged Tissue Rebuilds Itself

Scientists have uncovered a striking cellular phenomenon: a subset of cells that can trigger the machinery of programmed cell death, escape that process intact, and then actively contribute to rebuilding damaged tissue. According to research published in Science Daily, these surviving cells and their descendants demonstrate a remarkable trait—their

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Anthropic Expands Research Footprint with New San Francisco Bio Lab

Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude language model, has opened a dedicated bio research laboratory in San Francisco. The facility is designed to support physical experiments, suggesting the company is branching into areas that complement its artificial intelligence research. The move indicates Anthropic's interest in hands-on scientific

US AI Companies Sound Alarm on Distillation Attacks as US-China AI Tensions Escalate

US frontier AI companies have begun warning government authorities about the growing threat of sophisticated "distillation attacks" targeting their AI models, according to industry reports. These attacks involve techniques used to extract knowledge or replicate functionality from trained AI systems. The warnings come as geopolitical tensions in the

Caltech's Ultrafast Light-Steering Chip Operates in 74 Femtoseconds

Researchers at Caltech have unveiled a compact chip-scale device that can steer a beam of light with unprecedented speed. The device uses another light beam and a nanoscale silicon metasurface to redirect optical signals in a mere 74 femtoseconds—a quadrillionth of a second. Traditional optical switching mechanisms typically operate

New Muonium Beam Opens Door to Testing Einstein's Gravity on Exotic Matter

A team of scientists has achieved a significant breakthrough in exotic atom research by developing a technique to produce a controlled beam of muonium—an atom consisting of an electron orbiting a muon, the heavier cousin of the electron. Muonium (μ⁺e⁻) is formed when a positively charged muon captures

States Across the Political Spectrum Push Back on Trump Administration AI Regulation

A notable political divide is emerging over artificial intelligence governance, with states across the political spectrum moving to establish their own regulatory frameworks. Reports indicate that both Republican and Democratic-led states are defying the Trump administration's approach to AI regulation, signaling growing frustration with federal inaction or direction