Europe Delays, America Argues: Where AI Rules Stand for Science
The EU has pushed back its high-risk AI rules to December 2027 while the US fights over whether federal orders can override state AI laws. We explain what changed, what still applies now, and what it means for researchers.
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Open RNA AI Model Rivals AlphaFold 3 at RNA Structure Prediction
A structure-guided RNA foundation model, structRFM, was published in Nature on 4 November 2026 with open data, weights and code. We explain what it does, how it compares with AlphaFold 3, and where the evidence is thin.
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Western Ethics Wrote AI's Medical Rulebook. Yoruba Philosophy Answers Back
A new Developing World Bioethics paper applies six Yoruba moral principles to AI and big-data health research, and proposes concrete governance machinery.
The Next Pandemic Won't Have the Symptoms You're Watching For
Outbreak detection still runs on fixed symptom checklists. A new Nature comment argues for symptom preparedness, and gives AI one narrow job.
AI Models Cells Across a Billion Years. Can They Beat Plain PCA?
A preprint posted last week shows single-cell foundation models transfer across a billion years of evolution. The peer-reviewed benchmark record is far less flattering. Here is what the evidence actually supports.
Just Describe the Protein You Want. This AI Builds It, and It Works
A protein language model called Pinal designs working enzymes from plain-English prompts. What the Nature paper proves, and what it does not.
Measles Elimination Now Hinges on 450 Letters of Viral Code
This month PAHO decides whether the United States and Mexico have lost measles elimination status. The verdict rests on a question of viral genomics: one chain of transmission, or many separate importations?
AI Can Call Drug Resistance in Hours. Should Labs Trust It Yet?
AI diagnostics can now predict antibiotic and antiviral resistance from a pathogen genome with striking accuracy. We examine the 2026 evidence, and why Europe's own susceptibility testing committee says it is not ready for the clinic.
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AI diagnostics can now predict antibiotic and antiviral resistance from a pathogen genome with striking accuracy. We examine the 2026 evidence, and why Europe's own susceptibility testing committee says it is not ready for the clinic.
