An artificial protein that moves like something found in nature
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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.
Updates every hour. Last Updated: 6-Nov-2025 10:11 ET (6-Nov-2025 15:11 GMT/UTC)
Proteins catalyze life by changing shape when they interact with other molecules. The result is a muscle twitching, the perception of light, or a bit of energy extracted from food.
Scientists aiming to advance cancer diagnostics have developed a machine learning tool that is able to identify metabolism-related molecular profile differences between patients with colorectal cancer and healthy people.
A new study from UBC Okanagan says students appear to be using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) responsibly, and as a way to speed up tasks, not just boost their grades.
Dr. Meaghan MacNutt, who teaches professional ethics in the UBCO School of Health and Exercise Sciences (HES), recently published a study in Advances in Physiology Education. Published this month, the paper—titled Reflective writing assignments in the era of GenAI: student behaviour and attitudes suggest utility, not futility—contradicts common concerns about student use of AI.
Experts say standardised tests do not guarantee new teachers can handle classroom complexities and may increase the risk of burnout.
Healthy reefs are acoustically rich environments, filled with fish croaks and shrimp snaps. Océane Boulai and their collaborators mimicked these sound environments to study the effects of sounds on 19 artificial coral settlement modules placed in Kāneʻohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. The researchers recorded audio near a vibrant reef, which they replayed at various distances from their artificial microhabitats, which were coated with a bacteria designed to induce larval settlement. Notably, there were significant increases in coral settlement close to the speakers.