EurekAlert! In the Spotlight - Artificial Intelligence

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.

PRIME-6G launches to build the next generation of connected factories

IMDEA Networks Institute
Business Announcement

PRIME-6G (Pilot for Resilient Industrial Manufacturing Environments with 6G Technologies), a EUR 7.76 million project funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme through the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), has officially launched. This pioneering initiative, with the participation of IMDEA Networks, aims to bring next-generation 6G technologies into real industrial manufacturing environments, laying the foundation for a new generation of intelligent industrial manufacturing.

13-Jul-2026

Can AI help make medical records less biased? New study suggests yes—with caveats

George Mason University

Large language models can identify judgmental language in clinical notes but the settings play a major role in accuracy according to new research by George Mason University's College of Public Health.

Journal: JAMIA Open

13-Jul-2026

Scientists to use superpowers of AI and innovative synthesis to develop new, stronger magnets

Iowa State University
Grant and Award Announcement

A team led by an Iowa State University chemist will use artificial intelligence tools and innovative synthesis methods to develop new, super-strong magnets. The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency -- Energy is supporting the work with a $2.7 million grant.

Funder: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy

13-Jul-2026

Hanyang University study proposes light-driven random number generator for image security

Hanyang University Research Strategy Planning Team
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Developing secure hardware capable of generating truly random numbers is becoming increasingly important as artificial intelligence-generated forgeries and cyber threats grow more sophisticated. Now, researchers have developed a light-driven true random number generator and demonstrated how these numbers can be embedded into images as hidden security signatures to detect tampering. The device could be integrated into image sensors, enabling hardware-based detection of image modifications.

Journal: Advanced Materials

13-Jul-2026

Fates of famous problem-solving chimps revealed

University of Auckland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A scientist based in New Zealand has investigated what happened to chimpanzees studied in psychology experiments last century.

Journal: European Psychologist

13-Jul-2026

Global consortium launches AI tools to accelerate Alzheimer’s research, treatments

Washington University in St. Louis
Business Announcement

A global consortium co-founded by WashU Medicine and directed by neurologist Randall J. Bateman, MD, brings together members from academia, major pharmaceutical companies and philanthropic organizations. The consortium, C-BRAIN, is launching three open-source AI tools designed to accelerate Alzheimer’s research.

13-Jul-2026

Metabolic reprogramming of immune cells and metabolic intervention in cutaneous tumors

ELSP
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent review illustrates that metabolic crosstalk between tumor cells and immune cells shapes immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in skin cancers, mediating the imbalance between pro-tumor and anti-tumor immunity and limiting durable clinical benefits of immunotherapy. Systematically dissecting metabolic reprogramming mechanisms and metabolic-targeted interventions provides theoretical support for advancing combinatorial metabolic-immune precision therapy for skin malignancies. Emerging metabolic intervention strategies, combined with novel analytical technologies and artificial intelligence, create promising avenues to overcome therapeutic bottlenecks in skin cancer treatment.

Journal: Advanced Cancer Research

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Latest News Releases

PRIME-6G launches to build the next generation of connected factories

Can AI help make medical records less biased? New study suggests yes—with caveats

Scientists to use superpowers of AI and innovative synthesis to develop new, stronger magnets

Hanyang University study proposes light-driven random number generator for image security

Fates of famous problem-solving chimps revealed

Global consortium launches AI tools to accelerate Alzheimer’s research, treatments

Metabolic reprogramming of immune cells and metabolic intervention in cutaneous tumors