Scientists unveil AI that creates never-before-seen molecules to speed up drug discovery

Three years before the skyscraper-size asteroid Apophis makes its very close (but safe) flyby of Earth, scientists have already begun charting exactly when and where billions of people can watch it sweep across the sky. Speaking at an “Apophis T-3 Years” workshop held earlier this month at the University of Padua in Italy, retired cartographer…

Aysu Biçer 10 July 2026•Update: 10 July 2026 Cybersecurity experts are warning that criminals are using artificial intelligence to launch more convincing cyberattacks, making it easier to target businesses and organizations. Finnish cybersecurity officials say threats remain at a high level, with phishing, ransomware, account theft and supply-chain attacks among the most common dangers, according…

Palaeontologists in Thailand say they have discovered a new species of dinosaur from fossils found in Kalasin Province in the country’s north-east. The plant-eating dinosaur, named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, is thought to have lived about 150 million years ago. It had an unusually long neck and measured up to 20m (66ft) – roughly the length of…

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Newswise — Researchers have found an ingenious way to make soft robots and wearable technology more than three times more powerful by harnessing the surface tension of a tiny liquid metal droplet smaller than a rain droplet. Their breakthrough, demonstrated in a new study led by the University of Bristol, with collaboration of North Carolina…

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on charges of mishandling government funds and making threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has begun after months of heightened political tensions in the country. In a dramatic turn, Duterte ally Senator Rodante Marcoleta was arrested on a plunder charge shortly before the start of the trial on…