It's not every day that biologists announce an entirely new branch of life, and this one has been hiding under their noses for years. 👇

· #MedSky · #Neuroscience · #Brain · Artificial intelligence may write award-winning essays and diagnose disease with remarkable accuracy, but biological brains still hold the upper hand in at least one crucial domain: flexibility. 🔗

• MedSky • What helped stop a pandemic might now prevent permanent disability from snakebites: researchers test mRNA injections that, in lab and mouse studies, protect muscle from venom when given before exposure.

It's not every day that biologists announce an entirely new branch of life, and this one has been hiding under their noses for years. 👇

🔬MedSky🔬 What the sunshine vitamin can do for your health

#AcademicSky ‘Godfather of AI’ Breaks Major Science Research Record: Computer scientist Yoshua Bengio has become the first person to have their work cited more than one million times on the search engine Google Scholar.

Rise of the robots: The promise of physical AI

Rise of the robots: The promise of physical AI

#AcademicSky Testing potential skin irritants on animals will be stopped by the end of next year, according to a strategy released on Tuesday. By 2027, researchers are “expected to end” tests of the strength of Botox on mice. And drug tests in dogs and nonhuman primates will be reduced by 2030.

⋆ MedSky ⋆ Chemical compound holds potential against Alzheimer's disease

New in IEEE Pulse: Ultrasound is moving beyond imaging - becoming a noninvasive therapy for arthritis, depression, and even Alzheimer's. https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/revolutionizing-an-imaging-technology-for-groundbreaking-treatment/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social

It gives me great pleasure to announce that the album "Weird AI" from Big Dada Project is now complete and available. This accordion-driven effort consists of nine #AI generated songs about #GenerativeAI. And no accordions were harmed in the process of making it. gunkelweb.com/BigDada/

🔬MedSky🔬 TB remains the world's leading infectious killer, claiming an estimated 1.23 million lives last year, the UN health organisation said Wednesday as it warned that recent gains made against the disease were fragile.

Biogeochemical sensing #robots 2,000 meters deep in the ocean have found that marine heatwaves are preventing the ocean from sequestering #carbon as expected. The ocean’s carbon storage is struggling. spectrum.ieee.org/ocean-robots...

⋆ MedSky ⋆ Scientists have discovered a new target in the brain that could help prevent Alzheimer’s patients from losing memories of friends and family.

AI has helped researchers design antibodies that bind to antigenic sites with atomic-level precision.

Our Human Story, in @newscientist.com: After 60 years of exploration, the Omo-Turkana basin is still yielding new secrets about human evolution. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2503899-cradle-of-humanity-is-still-revealing-new-insights-about-our-origins/

When the CAR goes in the wrong direction [Research study] #SciSky

🔬 #AcademicSky 🔬 Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.

Engineer Your Future at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering! ⏰ Round 1 applications for the Master of Engineering program are closing THIS WEEK on Thursday, November 13. 🔗 Learn more and apply now: pme.uchicago.edu/academics/apply-now

🔬MedSky🔬 Anxiety disorders tied to low levels of an essential nutrient in the brain

🤔 Aren’t #Bioinformaticians more likely to frequent #AcademicSky ?

⋆ MedSky ⋆ Listening to music into old age may reduce risk of dementia by ~40%, a study based on data from 10,893 Australians aged 70 or older has found.

DNA in seawater reveals lost hammerhead sharks | Science Daily

Happy #WorldRadiographyDay! Today, we honor the imaging professionals who help us "see the unseen." From X-rays to CT scans to MRIs, your work powers diagnosis, therapy, and hope. Thank you! #RadiographyMatters #MedicalImaging #IEEEEMBS

"Empathy, Ethics & Robot Rights: How AI Changes What It Means to Be Human" - Part two of my conversation with Siamak Goudarzi for the Nexter AI Group podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2zK...

#AI & #neuroengineering takes the lead! From decoding #brain signals to building smarter neural interfaces, the @ieeebrain.bsky.social community has told us what they're most excited to hear about at #NER2025. See you in San Diego next week! #neurotech #neurotechnology #NeuralEngineering

www.sciencenews.org/article/math... #edusky There’s math behind this maddening golf mishap

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is poised to become one of the largest philanthropies supporting science, and it now is going "all in" on AI and biology to create a virtual immune system. I spoke with Chan and many of its scientists last week. www.science.org/content/arti...

Two studies show how popular LLMs and apps make ethical blunders when playing therapist — Just because a chatbot can play the role of therapist doesn’t mean it should. #AI #AcademicSky #EduSky

mRNA vaccine builds viruslike nanoparticles inside the body The self-assembling system produces higher antibody levels in mice than conventional COVID-19 vaccines. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... #chemsky 🧪

New Go Deploy research: technical skill and creativity required in every UK tech job listing; roles like data scientist and network engineer pay ~60% above national average. Creativity, adaptability, communication appear in 80%+ of listings, signalling that soft skills are now core to employability.

More [people] are concerned than excited about [ #AI ] use, and more trust their own country and the EU to regulate it than trust the U.S. or China, according to a spring 2025 Pew Research Center survey.

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine sales tumble after the Trump regime discouraged Americans from getting the shot

Alzheimer's May Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Reveals Expert www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-m...

Deathbot: Resurrecting loved ones — “is this technology aiding the recovery process of those who have lost loved ones, or are companies just benefiting from the vulnerability of grieving people?” theboar.org/2025/11/deat... #artificialintelligence #ai

· MedSky · 'Junk' DNA Could Be Recruited to Destroy Cancer Cells From Within

What a gem from @dudinlab.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social in Cell! Expansion microscopy atlas of >200 eukaryotes comparing cytoskeletal architectures revealing structures not seen before. Stunning visualisation! Exactly the kind of transformative cell biology we need.

“I hear it’s close: two years, five years—maybe next year! And I hear it’s going to change everything: … It will solve our biggest problems in ways we cannot yet imagine. It will redefine what it means to be human. “Wait—what if that’s all too good to be true?”

“ ‘A lot of academic research on AI currently is also funded by the AI industry, which creates the risk of distorting scientific knowledge.’ ”

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...

MedSky As anyone who has googled their symptoms and convinced themselves that they’ve got a brain tumor will attest, the internet makes it very easy to self-(mis)diagnose your health problems. And … when that information is wrong, it can put their well-being and even lives in danger.

· MedSky · AI cell models could transform biomedicine—if they work as promised

From mini-brains to spider-inspired gloves and wolf apple coatings, scientists are turning eerie-sounding experiments into real innovations that could revolutionize health and sustainability. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

· MedSky · Human kidney organoids successfully integrated into pig kidneys in transplant study [Open access research article published 31 Oct. 2025 in Nature Biomedical Engineering. DOI: 10.1038/s41551-025-01542-1]

As Halloween approaches, jack-o’-lanterns pop up in front of houses while cobwebs and skeletons decorate storefronts. In the spirit of all things spooky, the editors at The Scientist asked researchers to tell us about their scariest professional experiences.

A new AI model is opening the black box of the leading artificial intelligence tool for predicting how proteins will interact with small molecules, such as drugs. The model, OpenFold3, which launched October 28, is a reconstruction of Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold3.

AI’s intelligence runs on water as much as data. María Montero reveals the growing tension between digital progress and environmental limits. www.ie.edu/insights/art...

Scientists have developed the tiniest pixel ever made — just 300 × 300 nanometers.…The work of researchers from the University of Würzburg in Germany opens new possibilities for displays inside virtual reality (VR) headsets and augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. #VR #AR