Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

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Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

The 1913 study ‘Die Kinetik der Invertinwirkung’, by Michaelis and Menten, marked a pivotal advancement in enzymology by illustrating the application of mechanistic models and quantitative kinetics to biocatalysis. The foundational framework described back then continues to have a strong impact on enzymology, with profound influences that range from undergraduate education to structure–function studies and the format and content of contemporary kinetic databases.

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) was first identified in 2001 by researchers who analyzed samples from 28 patients suffering from respiratory tract illnesses (1). Since its identification, HMPV has been found to be globally prevalent (2, 3), with most individuals experiencing their first infection by the age of 5 years (4). Despite being discovered in 2001, serological studies with sera collected in 1958 demonstrated that HMPV had been circulating since the 1950s (1). Later on, phylogenetic analysis suggested that HMPV evolved from avian metapneumovirus after a zoonotic event at least 200 years ago (5, 6).

Oxaloacetate is sensed by MDH1, which primes innate immune antiviral defence against influenza virus infection, thus resulting in the activation of ETS2 to promote TBK1-centred type I interferon signa...

Viral proteins typically exist in the context of complex virions or in the even more complex host cells in which they replicate. Hence, meaningful ins…

The cure is likely to be worse than the disease.