A new study by Badia et al., published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry has found evidence of widespread exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in three penguin species native to the Antarctic Peninsula, raising new questions about the global reach of these persistent environmental pollutants.

Researchers at the University of Missouri found that wood frogs have evolved to survive increasingly salty freshwater habitats caused by road salt, mining, runoff, and seawater intrusion. However, this adaptation comes with a significant tradeoff.

Following the earlier deployment of MMAI Gym for Science for large language model (LLM) post-training, Insilico Medicine has expanded its generative AI capabilities through a strategic collaboration with Liquid AI, yielding a 2.6B parameter model optimized for retrosynthesis and a high-capacity 24B parameter model, both available for on-premise deployment and via the Microsoft Marketplace. To enable enterprise-grade automation, Insilico has unified its entire Pharma AI suite via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing researchers to execute complex workflows directly within developer environments like Claude Code and Cursor. Concurrently, the company launched PandaClaw, an autonomous AI agent for multi-omics target discovery, alongside critical upgrades to its core suite: dynamic multibody simulation scaling in MDFlow, an expanded kinase profiling panel, advanced ionization states in generative chemistry, and enhanced MD simulations for metalloproteins.