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A laboratory bench with glassware and ball-and-stick molecular models arranged in branching synthesis pathways from one complex molecule toward simpler building blocks.
AI Research3 min read

Microsoft open-sources RetroChimera for chemist-aligned synthesis planning

Expert reviewers accepted its routes for nine of ten challenging targets, though faster laboratory synthesis remains a projected benefit rather than a demonstrated outcome.

Sep 21, 2026
3 min read
Landscape view of a mathematics worktable with stacks of proof pages progressing through revisions toward a final sheet beside a gold medal.
AI Research2 min read

Nemotron Post-Training Pipeline Reaches IMO 2026 Gold Threshold

The authors report a 30-of-42 score from a natural-language proof system and are releasing specialist checkpoints, code, data and a 200-problem benchmark.

Sep 12, 2026
2 min read
AI-generated editorial illustration: Two researchers collaborating at a sunlit laboratory table around a physical geometric experiment, with a small robotic instrument assisting.
AI Agents6 min read

OpenAI shares early data on coding agents in AI research

OpenAI reports 3.1 agent-workdays per human workday, but its internal data also shows why more automated activity is not the same as faster research.

Sep 06, 2026
6 min read
AI-generated editorial illustration: An orbital view of an enormous cyclone swirling above a blue ocean at dawn, natural cloud detail and sunlight, no map overlays.
AI Research7 min read

WeatherNext AI model promises an extra day of cyclone forecasting accuracy

Google DeepMind says WeatherNext Cyclones can predict storm tracks, intensity and wind structure with state-of-the-art accuracy, while producing 1,000 possible scenarios and forecasts extending as far…

Sep 02, 2026
7 min read