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: 9-May-2026 19:16 ET (9-May-2026 23:16 GMT/UTC)

20-Jan-2026

Advancements through AI help usher in new era of molecular science

University of Otago

Deciphering the building blocks of life has long been a painstaking process, but now a quiet revolution in computing power is changing everything – with research at the University of Otago’s Faculty of Biomedical Sciences at its forefront.

19-Jan-2026

Insilico Medicine and Hygtia Therapeutics enter new global strategic collaboration to co-develop novel brain penetrant NLRP3 inhibitor for CNS diseases treatment

InSilico Medicine
Business Announcement

January 20, 2026 – Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”, HKEX: 3696), a clinical-stage biotechnology company powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI), and Hygtia Therapeutics Co., Ltd., (Hygtia Therapeutics), today announced a co-development collaboration agreement for Insilico’s ISM8969 program. Through the partnership, the two parties aim to accelerate the global advancement of ISM8969—an orally available, brain penetrant NLRP3 inhibitor for Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders.

19-Jan-2026

New review maps solutions to ammonia toxicity that threatens biogas production

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Anaerobic digestion is widely used around the world to treat organic waste while producing biogas, a renewable energy source that can replace fossil fuels. Yet one persistent problem continues to undermine its reliability. The buildup of ammonia during digestion can poison key microbes, sharply reduce methane production, and in severe cases cause entire reactors to fail.

19-Jan-2026

Golden Gate method enables rapid, fully-synthetic engineering of therapeutically relevant bacteriophages

New England Biolabs
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from New England Biolabs (NEB^®) and Yale University describe the first fully synthetic bacteriophage engineering system for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an antibiotic-resistant bacterium of global concern, in a new PNAS study. The system is enabled by NEB’s High-Complexity Golden Gate Assembly (HC-GGA) platform. In this method, researchers engineer bacteriophages synthetically using sequence data rather than bacteriophage isolates.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

19-Jan-2026

INSEAD receives transformational €15 million gift to accelerate the development of the Human and Machine Intelligence Institute (HUMII)

INSEAD Asia Campus
Grant and Award Announcement

INSEAD announced a transformational €15 million gift from an alumnus and longstanding donor to accelerate the development of the Human and Machine Intelligence Institute (HUMII).

19-Jan-2026

From chatbots to dice rolls: Researchers use D&D to test AI’s long-term decision-making abilities

University of California - San Diego
Reports and Proceedings

Large Language Models, like ChatGPT, are learning to play Dungeons & Dragons. The reason? Simulating and playing the popular tabletop role-playing game provides a good testing ground for AI agents that need to function independently for long stretches of time.

19-Jan-2026

IMDEA Networks strengthens its leadership in 6G research with new infrastructures funded by NextGenerationEU funds

IMDEA Networks Institute
Business Announcement

IMDEA Networks has significantly strengthened its research capabilities in advanced 5G and future 6G networks through the execution of the ADVANCE-6G, TEST-6G, and INES projects, which focused on the acquisition, integration, and deployment of state-of-the-art scientific and technical infrastructures.