EurekAlert! In the Spotlight - Artificial Intelligence

Welcome to In the Spotlight, where each month we shine a light on something exciting, timely, or simply fascinating from the world of science.

This month, we’re focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), a topic that continues to capture attention everywhere. Here, you’ll find the latest research news, insights, and discoveries shaping how AI is being developed and used across the world.

Latest News Releases

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 3-Nov-2026 07:16 ET (3-Nov-2026 12:16 GMT/UTC)

9-Sep-2026

Using AI to design better cancer therapies

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

How researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are using artificial intelligence (AI) to design better "binders" for CAR T cell therapies.

Journal: Nature Biomedical Engineering

9-Sep-2026

New AI model for DNA learns from evolution to unlock secrets of the human genome

University of California - Berkeley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at UC Berkeley have created a new genomic language AI model, called GPN-Star, that far outpaces its competitors at identifying the most important genetic variants that contribute to inherited traits, including those that lead to disease. It is also far more computationally efficient than larger models, requiring only a fraction of the time and computing resources to train.

Journal: Nature

9-Sep-2026

UNF receives Sloan Foundation grant to create generative AI tools to improve research software codes

University of North Florida
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of North Florida has received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to utilize AI to make the process for updating research software code faster and more reliable.

9-Sep-2026

New KTU study: Can AI predict glucose changes before they happen?

Kaunas University of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases, affecting around 66 million adults in Europe – a figure projected to rise to more than 72 million by 2050. For people with type 1 diabetes, keeping glucose levels within a safe range requires continuous monitoring and careful insulin management. Yet even with experience and careful treatment, unexpected fluctuations can occur, potentially leading to hypoglycaemia or hyperglycaemia.

Journal: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

9-Sep-2026

How a professor created a new science vocabulary for an Indian language

Dartmouth College

In a new paper, Dartmouth professor Siddhartha Jayanti lays out how he published the first computer science paper written in India's Telugu language—by painstakingly crafting a whole new technical vocabulary where none existed. He sees his work as a proof of concept toward building a scientific lexicon in advanced computer science that's accessible to Indians in their own languages.

9-Sep-2026

New method estimates sea surface temps quickly and accurately

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have developed a method for extrapolating sea surface temperatures from sparse data that is significantly more accurate than other commonly used computational methods and slightly more accurate than the best-performing AI model, while taking a fraction of the time to train.

Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Machine Learning and Computation

9-Sep-2026

Researchers chart new course for AI-powered biomedical discoveries

University of Missouri-Columbia

University of Missouri researchers have published a major review of flow matching, an emerging AI approach that helps scientists model how biological systems change over time, offering new opportunities in drug discovery, precision medicine and disease research. The work highlights how flow matching could ultimately help create AI-powered “virtual cells” that accelerate biomedical breakthroughs and improve understanding of living systems.

Journal: Nature Machine Intelligence