The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

Isomorphic Labs, the AI-powered drug company spun out of Google’s DeepMind, just announced that it’s “getting ready” to begin human clinical trials of drugs designed by AI. The news comes as tech ...

In April 2025, Isomorphic Labs raised a $600 million in its first-ever external funding round, led by Thrive Capital. Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs is preparing to launch human trials of AI-designed ...

This story is republished from STAT, the health and medicine news site that’s a partner to the Globe. Sign up for STAT’s free Morning Rounds newsletter here. As Isomorphic Labs aims its artificial ...

Katie Palmer covers telehealth, clinical artificial intelligence, and the health data economy — with an emphasis on the impacts of digital health care for patients, providers, and businesses. You can ...

Until now, cells dividing by mitosis were thought to grow round and then split into two identical, spherical daughter cells. New research has found that some cells are isomorphic, meaning they retain ...

On a rare sunny day in London at the Google DeepMind office, Colin Murdoch saw the bank deposit from his employer come through. It wasn't his paycheck. Google was investing in his startup. The ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. On a rare sunny day in London at the Google DeepMind office, Colin Murdoch saw the bank deposit from his employer come through. It wasn't his paycheck.