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Top science & technology news, September 3, 2026
- Mireye: Infrastructure for Physical World AI Agents
Mireye provides API and MCP server for AI agents to interact with physical locations. Users can test the service and get a free key.
- GPT-6 Astra is the most intelligent and aligned model
GPT-6 Astra achieves 98% on FrontierMath and 100% on ExploitBench, with planned broad release.
- Semaglutide Slows Aging and Extends Lifespan in Mice
Semaglutide improved health and extended lifespan in older female mice, sometimes outperforming caloric restriction.
- Minicircle enters XPRIZE Healthspan final
Minicircle, a gene therapy company, is among 10 finalists in a $101 million competition aiming to reverse aging in adults aged 50 to 80.
- New Tool for Quantitative Stroke Evaluation Using NIR-II Imaging
FIMPA framework enables detailed analysis of stroke-related perfusion deficits using multi-parametric NIR-II fluorescence imaging.
- Postmortem Imaging Pipeline Reveals Infant Brainstem Pathology
Combined imaging techniques overcome myelination limits to detect brainstem abnormalities in infant mortality cases.
- Nvidia Acquires Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion
Nvidia has acquired Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. The platform hosts three million models and one million applications used by over 18 million developers.
- Gray and White Matter Oligodendrocytes Have Distinct Functional Roles in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease
Analysis revealed that gray matter oligodendrocytes show strong synaptic associations, while white matter oligodendrocytes exhibit immune-related programs that intensify with aging and AD.
- Psilocybin Shows Promise for Neuropathic Pain
A mouse study suggests psilocybin could treat chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, opening new avenues for pain management.
- EEG–fMRI Reveals Feature-Specific Visual Activity Patterns
Alpha band oscillations correlate with both feature-specific and general visual processing in different cortical layers.
- Co-Designing AI Models Using Speculative Decoding for Faster LLM Inference
Speculative decoding accelerates LLM inference by predicting multiple tokens per iteration, improving efficiency without sacrificing accuracy.
- Senescent Microglia Secrete DLK1, Which Causes Dysfunction in the Aging Brain
Senescent cells accumulate with age, disrupting tissue structure and function. The study shows that secretion of DLK1 by senescent microglia is linked to brain dysfunction in aging.
- Genome Sequencing of Bat Species to Study Longevity Mechanisms
Researchers sequence bat genomes to identify genetic factors linked to their long lifespan despite high metabolism.
- Label-free Raman imaging with 40-nm spatial resolution
Spatial-filtering nanoscopy enhances Raman imaging resolution to 40 nm without fluorescent labels.
- RonanRX (YC S26) – Personalized Peptides and GLP-1s
RonanRX is building a fully integrated pharmaceutical company with software for prescribing, telehealth, compounding, manufacturing, and delivery. They start with GLP-1s and peptides.
- Evolutionary stabilisation of stressful metabolism via integrated biocomputing and essential-gene metabolic locking circuits
Integrated biocomputing and metabolic locking circuits stabilize synthetic pathways, enabling long-term metabolic engineering in yeast.
- OpenAI launches Astra, its powerful (and controversial) new model
Astra is OpenAI's latest AI model, claimed to be its most powerful and capable. It is available to Daybreak users and through API.
- Annovis exceeds enrollment target for Alzheimer’s trial
Biotech company attracted 850 patients for a trial, surpassing the expected 760.
- Dopaminergic therapy selectively amplifies hallucination susceptibility in patients with Parkinson's disease with cortico-striatal hyperconnectivity
Dopaminergic therapy increased hallucination susceptibility in Parkinson's patients with pre-existing hallucinatory phenotype.
- Unbiased and scalable reduction of diverse bacterial genomes
SLIM is a platform for unbiased genome reduction across diverse bacteria. Universal and lineage-specific transcriptional changes were identified.
