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The AI for Science Hub is designed to help people at labs, startups and science companies keep up with the latest progress and find the exact tools that could help their work, so they can use them with confidence while managing everything else on their plate.

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The readiness map

Is AI ready for your science yet?

Eight fields, seven kinds of work. Each square is rated and sourced, from routine to not yet. Find your row.

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AI readiness by field and kind of work
LiteratureHypothesesPredictDesignAnalyzeSimulateExperiment
ProteinsProteins and structural biology, Read the literature: Works with careProteins and structural biology, Generate hypotheses: Research onlyProteins and structural biology, Predict: RoutineProteins and structural biology, Design new candidates: Works with careProteins and structural biology, Analyze data and images: Works with careProteins and structural biology, Simulate and forecast: Research onlyProteins and structural biology, Run experiments: Research only
Genomics and cellsGenomics and cell biology, Read the literature: Works with careGenomics and cell biology, Generate hypotheses: Research onlyGenomics and cell biology, Predict: Works with careGenomics and cell biology, Design new candidates: Research onlyGenomics and cell biology, Analyze data and images: Works with careGenomics and cell biology, Simulate and forecast: Research onlyGenomics and cell biology, Run experiments: Research only
Drug discoveryDrug discovery, Read the literature: Works with careDrug discovery, Generate hypotheses: Research onlyDrug discovery, Predict: Works with careDrug discovery, Design new candidates: Works with careDrug discovery, Analyze data and images: Works with careDrug discovery, Simulate and forecast: Research onlyDrug discovery, Run experiments: Research only
Chemistry and materialsChemistry and materials, Read the literature: Research onlyChemistry and materials, Generate hypotheses: Research onlyChemistry and materials, Predict: Works with careChemistry and materials, Design new candidates: Research onlyChemistry and materials, Analyze data and images: Research onlyChemistry and materials, Simulate and forecast: Works with careChemistry and materials, Run experiments: Research only
NeuroscienceNeuroscience, Read the literature: Works with careNeuroscience, Generate hypotheses: Research onlyNeuroscience, Predict: Research onlyNeuroscience, Design new candidates: Research onlyNeuroscience, Analyze data and images: Works with careNeuroscience, Simulate and forecast: Research onlyNeuroscience, Run experiments: Research only
Medicine and imagingMedicine and imaging, Read the literature: Works with careMedicine and imaging, Generate hypotheses: Research onlyMedicine and imaging, Predict: Works with careMedicine and imaging, Design new candidates: Research onlyMedicine and imaging, Analyze data and images: RoutineMedicine and imaging, Simulate and forecast: Works with careMedicine and imaging, Run experiments: Not yet
Earth and climateEarth, weather and climate, Read the literature: Works with careEarth, weather and climate, Generate hypotheses: Research onlyEarth, weather and climate, Predict: Works with careEarth, weather and climate, Design new candidates: Research onlyEarth, weather and climate, Analyze data and images: RoutineEarth, weather and climate, Simulate and forecast: RoutineEarth, weather and climate, Run experiments: Research only
Physics, astro, mathPhysics, astronomy and math, Read the literature: Works with carePhysics, astronomy and math, Generate hypotheses: Research onlyPhysics, astronomy and math, Predict: Research onlyPhysics, astronomy and math, Design new candidates: Works with carePhysics, astronomy and math, Analyze data and images: Works with carePhysics, astronomy and math, Simulate and forecast: Works with carePhysics, astronomy and math, Run experiments: Research only
  • Routine
  • Works with care
  • Research only
  • Not yet

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Guide

What is AI for Science? Field by field.

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What mattered in AI for science this week, kept short.

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Timeline

Releases, and cool things people did with AI.

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Jobs

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Safety

Misuse, data leaks and gamed tests, for people who pick tools.

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This week: PaperBanana turns your methods into figures

The living timeline · newest first

AI for science is a quickly evolving field.

See where it's come from so you can be part of creating where it goes.

A cool thing someone didA release

  1. 18Oct 2026

    Release

    Google releases PaperBanana

    Methods text in, a draft figure out. Free.

    @simplifyinAI, Oct 18, 2026. x.com
  2. 15Oct 2026

    Release

    Anthropic opens STEM Fellows

    Four months at Anthropic from January 2027, helping Claude reason about hard science problems. Applications close October 28.

    @AnthropicAI, Oct 15, 2026. x.com
  3. 12Oct 2026

    Someone did this

    Vicena AI wins the Claude Community Impact Challenge

    Mehdi Farza's team wants designing a drug or a battery to be as simple as building an app.

    Mehdi Farza, Oct 12, 2026. linkedin.com
  4. 11Oct 2026

    Release

    Meta funds an open brain dataset

    $15M for 15,000 hours of brain recordings from 100 people, planned as open source.

    Jörn Diedrichsen, Oct 11, 2026. linkedin.com
  5. 11Oct 2026

    Release

    NSF and DOE put $100M+ into autonomous labs

    Money for AI-enabled instruments and self-driving labs. Watch for calls you can apply to.

    LinkedIn, Oct 11, 2026. linkedin.com

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