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: 25-Jun-2026 16:16 ET (25-Jun-2026 20:16 GMT/UTC)

11-Jun-2026

Georgia State preparing next generation of sustainable scientists

Georgia State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Faculty and students at Georgia State University are working to integrate sustainable practices into undergraduate science education, and a new study highlights ways to advance laboratory practices and teaching strategies.

Journal: Journal of Chemical Education

11-Jun-2026

New ‘digital brain twin’ created using multimodal data provides anatomically accurate brain models which could be used in experimental and clinical settings

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New ‘digital brain twin’ created using multimodal data provides anatomically accurate brain models which could be used in experimental and clinical settings.

Journal: PLOS Digital Health

11-Jun-2026

New deep diamond and barium minerals named after Canadian researchers

University of British Columbia

Two newly identified minerals—one from a deep Earth diamond—offer rare insights into the planet’s interior and honour UBC researchers and their legacies.

Journal: European Journal of Mineralogy

11-Jun-2026

C-Path appoints biotech executive and investor Dr. Milad Alucozai to board of directors

Critical Path Institute (C-Path)
Business Announcement

Critical Path Institute today announced the appointment of Milad Alucozai, DrPH, MPH, M.Sc., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Alucozai is a longtime leader in the U.S. biotechnology and startup community who has worked as a founder, investor, operator, and community builder, and is the creator of the Bio-Industrial Technology Stack framework, which reframes biology as a geopolitical and industrial asset. A neuroscientist and startup investor, he bridges computational biology, machine learning, and AI-driven drug development. His appointment reflects the organization’s commitment to integrating emerging biotechnology and human-relevant research models into its global mission of accelerating safer, more effective treatments.

11-Jun-2026

AI and quantum computing accelerate materials development at UW

University of Washington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New computing techniques — including AI and quantum computing — are enabling UW researchers to design unique and complex quantum materials.

Journal: Nature Communications

11-Jun-2026

ACM Technology Policy Council: Agentic AI is outpacing the laws & safeguards designed to govern it

Association for Computing Machinery
Reports and Proceedings

AI systems are increasingly browsing the web, executing code, managing files, and sending messages without step-by-step human approval, raising new risks in the process, according to a new TechBrief from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Technology Policy Council (TPC) on the rise of agentic AI.

11-Jun-2026

MSK Research Highlights, June 11, 2026

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) decodes how mesothelioma evades immunotherapy; shows why a common kidney cancer treatment combination falls short; and supports a free, open-source AI-driven drug discovery initiative.