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CORNCRETL wall panel surface by Dinorah Schulte, Designer and Founder of MANUFACTURA, Mexico
CORNCRETL wall panel surface, Massa Lombarda, Italy. Image credit: Dinorah Schulte / MANUFACTURA

How Google DeepMind’s AI is unlocking the 98% of our genome science couldn’t read
In January 2026, researchers at Google DeepMind published AlphaGenome in Nature, introducing one of the most powerful artificial-intelligence systems yet developed for interpreting genomic regulation. Designed to analyze long genetic sequences at unprecedented resolution, the model represents a significant step toward understanding how the genome regulates life at its most fundamental level.

Research at The Ohio State University shows shiitake mushrooms can function as organic memory devices
In a laboratory at The Ohio State University, shiitake mushrooms are being conditioned to retain electrical history.

Under carefully controlled stimulation, networks of fungal tissue exhibit measurable and repeatable shifts in conductivity. Their resistance changes depending on prior electrical activity, a defining characteristic of memristors—components whose present state depends on past signals. In experimental configurations, these biological networks function as organic memristive systems.

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