Babies with an increased likelihood of autism may struggle to settle into deep, restorative sleep, according to a new study from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied the link between sleep and sensory sensitivity, which is common in neurodivergent infants. They found that when babies with this trait napped in a noisy environment, their deep sleep was considerably disrupted.But even in a quiet room, those with high sensory sensitivity still slept more lightly - suggesting that both their unique sensory wiring and their surroundings influence how well they rest.

Prometheus Grand Challenge aims to deploy commercial-scale nuclear reactors in years, not decades.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho —The Idaho National Laboratory and NVIDIA have partnered to advance nuclear energy deployment through artificial intelligence. The collaboration aims to accelerate advanced nuclear reactor deployment and reduce costs.

Researchers at Arc Institute developed MULTI-evolve, an AI-guided framework that compresses protein engineering from months of iterative experimentation into weeks using as few as 200 strategic lab measurements. By training neural networks on pairwise combinations of beneficial mutations, the approach learns the rules of how mutations interact and accurately predicts complex multi-mutant proteins, achieving up to 256-fold activity improvements in a single experimental round. Published in Science, the framework and open-source tools are applicable to enzymes, genome editors, and therapeutic proteins.