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Top science & technology news, October 12, 2026
- Sava Technologies raised 68 million dollars in total funding
London-based Sava Technologies raised $36 million in Series B from Ascensia Diabetes Care to commercialize its subcutaneous glucose sensor. A European launch is scheduled for 18 to 24 months after obtaining CE approval.
- CRISPR/Cas9 editing of the BmERR AF-2 domain
Deleting the AF-2 domain of the BmERR receptor in silkworms suppressed the expression of melanin synthesis genes. This confirmed that insect metabolic regulation requires coactivators.
- Bilingualism delays dementia symptom onset
Research indicates bilingualism has a muted effect on adult cognition but protects against cognitive decline in older age by increasing cognitive reserve.
- Sensible Biotechnologies raises $47 million in Series A funding
The company plans to replace test-tube methods with cell-based production for therapies requiring repeated dosing. Funding includes $20 million non-dilutive grants from the Slovak government and the EU.
- MASS improves score per output token on research benchmarks
The MASS system optimizes multi-agent workflows and distills collective intelligence to serve as a self-supervision signal, improving scores per output token on research benchmarks.
- AI faces stricter regulation than washing machines and milk
Microsoft President Brad Smith compared AI regulation to the lack of rules for milk and washing machines, calling for legal obligations and emergency brakes to prevent rogue AI agents.
- Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo generates images in 8 steps
Local models can browse the web, read pages, click, type, and scroll without affecting other tabs. Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo generates images in 8 steps, while MoE GGUF models achieve up to 3x faster inference.
- GLM-Spectrum method reveals full-frequency brain ageing profile
The study found robust age-related changes in brain electrophysiology detectable via MEG, proposing the GLM-Spectrum method to standardize data and enable meta-analyses.
- Customers spend an average of $0.37 per month per sandbox
Agent37 (YC F26) reduced sandbox launch costs to under 10% of market rates and now offers a free plan covering over 90% of new signups.
- Ultrahuman signed a two-year memorandum with Abu Dhabi Public Health Center
Health tech startup Ultrahuman signed a two-year MoU with Abu Dhabi Public Health Center to develop a model combining clinical biomarkers and wearable device data.
- Synaptic plasticity changes with localized C4 elevation
Researchers overexpressed C4 in 2% of mouse prefrontal neurons and observed broad transcriptional remodeling and lipid-droplet changes in the cortical microenvironment.
- Al Drams launched the startup in 2025
Blueprints AI converts 2D sketches into code-compliant construction plans within minutes. The company was officially incorporated in 2025 in Santa Monica by co-founders Al Drams and Coco Cao.
- Senescent cells accumulate in later life
While the immune system clears senescent cells efficiently in youth, this clearance mechanism falters in later life, allowing these cells to accumulate.
- New benchmark reveals AI models lack intuitive visual reasoning
Elorian and Scale AI released Humanity's Sixth Sense to evaluate how well models interpret implicit visual scenes. The dataset comprises 522 questions based on 288 images and video clips.
- Fewer parameters: 2d versus O(d^2)
Researchers found interferometers where the number of controllable parameters scales as 2d, instead of O(d²). A photon-number estimation protocol for multi-photon Fock states was developed.
- Somnus classifies rodent sleep states every few seconds using EEG
The open-source tool Somnus analyzes EEG, EMG, and video data to automatically classify sleep phases in laboratory animals. The platform addresses the labor-intensive manual annotation and errors that occur when applying existing tools to disease models.
- F1-score reaches 0.93
Researchers developed a transformer algorithm that analyzes live-cell video recordings without relying on predefined morphological or molecular features. The model achieved a balanced accuracy of 0.94 and an F1-score of 0.93, explaining its predictions through temporal and morphological cues.
- SWE-Duel uses three isolated sessions
The SWE-Duel platform forces two agents to exchange tasks: one implements a feature with a concealed defect, while the other must locate and repair it without prior knowledge of the issue.
- Amazon employs over 1.5 million human workers
The company plans to significantly increase its robot fleet to automate the most physically demanding tasks, aiming to protect over 1.5 million human workers from fatigue and injury.
- Model scales to 172 qubits with improved performance
Researchers developed a hybrid model combining quantum annealing and wavelet transforms, which outperforms classical neural networks on noisy data. The model successfully scales to 172 qubits and demonstrates resilience to input volatility.
