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Google’s Gemini for Science, ERA and Co‑Scientist Mark a New Era in AI‑Powered Research

At Google I/O 2026, Google unveiled Gemini for Science, powered by two Nature‑published systems—Empirical Research Assistance (ERA) and Co‑Scientist—that together enable agentic AI to generate, test, and refine scientific hypotheses at scale.

Tufts University Unveils Neuro‑Symbolic AI That Cuts Energy Use by 100× While Boosting Accuracy

Researchers at Tufts University have developed a neuro‑symbolic AI system that achieves up to 100‑fold reductions in energy consumption during training and inference, while significantly outperforming conventional neural models on reasoning tasks.