AI-driven autonomous robots are coming to biology laboratories, but researchers insist that human skills remain essential.

Oak Brook, IL (USA) — The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) has been awarded a $199,884 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to lead a multi-year initiative to develop ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook As most Pokemon fans know by now, the creature-collecting franchise is celebrating its 30th ...

A competition calling for research projects involving so-called AI scientists shows just how fast this technology is moving. A number of startups and university teams that are building “AI scientists” ...

INTEGRA Biosciences is inviting labs to leave manual pipetting behind and take their first steps into effortless automation with a new Lab Evolution competition for 2026. One forward-thinking ...

A German automated laboratory may herald the future of less expensive pharmaceutical drugs thanks to the latest developments in computer-controlled robotics and bioinformatics. Scientists at the ...

There’s new interest and funding for the field, but it’s waiting for its breakthrough moment. Judging from headlines and social media posts in recent years, one might reasonably assume that AI is ...

Medra, an artificial intelligence startup focused on drug discovery, has raised $52 million in early-stage funding to try to integrate powerful large language models with physical systems that can ...

Google's (GOOG) (GOOGL) artificial intelligence unit, DeepMind, announced late on Wednesday that it will establish the first automated science laboratory in the U.K. next year, as part of a broader ...

Google DeepMind will open its first research lab for discovering new materials, like those used in batteries or semiconductors, as part of its push to apply artificial intelligence to more scientific ...

When scientists make the thin metal films used in electronics, optics and quantum technologies, they usually spend months tinkering with the temperature, composition and timing of the process, hoping ...