RealFeedApp betaTop science & technology news, November 2, 2026
- FDA issues new rules for cell therapy potency testing
The agency issued final guidance requiring manufacturers to implement a potency assurance strategy across the entire lifecycle of cell and gene therapy products to ensure batch consistency before patient delivery.
- AI agent performed brain surgery on a mouse
The AI agent selected the drug, identified brain coordinates, and injected 250 nanolitres while a vet monitored irreversible steps.
- Fitness effect of CRISPR immunity varies between phages
The study found that the availability of resistance mutations negatively impacts the fitness advantage of CRISPR immunity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This effect varies predictably across different virulent phages.
- The human brain uses coordinate principles for abstract emotion concepts
Researchers found that the human ventromedial prefrontal cortex uses hexadirectional modulation to represent affective space, confirming the abstract nature of emotion concepts.
- Over 90% of September code was written by Claude
According to IPO filings, the cost of internal Claude usage at retail prices surpassed total employee compensation by September. Over 90% of the code added in September was written by Claude.
- SWIMR performs across diverse ST datasets
The SWIMR statistical framework combines multiple scRNA-seq references while accounting for spatial correlations, enhancing deconvolution accuracy in complex tissues compared to single-reference methods.
- Momentic finds bugs in iOS and Android apps
Creators of Momentic use autonomous agents to plan and test web, iOS, and Android applications. DeepSWE v1.1 research showed Sonnet 5.5 achieved a 66.2% pass rate when banned from writing tests, compared to 65.3% when allowed.
- Researchers increased spine volume in mice in under 24 hours
Scientists from UC Santa Cruz demonstrated that psilocybin increases dendritic spine volume and development in mice within 24 hours without inducing trip-like sensations.
- Mutation c.4065_4068del found in 4% of cases
Seven unrelated carriers harbored the same BRCA1 frameshift variant, representing 22% of all pathogenic variant carriers in the cohort. Haplotype analysis confirmed a common founder origin within a shared ancestral block of approximately 581 kb.
- Sentira Single Cell reduces analysis time from weeks to hours
10x Genomics launched Sentira Single Cell, a cloud-based agentic analysis tool powered by Anthropic's Claude models. Researchers who previously spent weeks on analysis can now get results in hours.
- UniQure received FDA approval for AMT-130 gene therapy
The FDA accepted UniQure's marketing application for AMT-130 gene therapy targeting Huntington's disease, with an approval decision date set for May 1, 2027.
- Model shows suppressing MSH3 slows somatic instability
A Latus Bio study in Nature Communications demonstrates that inhibiting the MSH3 protein can reduce somatic DNA instability and extend lifespan by decades.
- Study links cognitive decline to inflammation in lungs and heart
A study from the University of Pittsburgh found that shared inflammatory processes cause cognitive decline in pulmonary hypertension patients, suggesting broader implications for vascular diseases.
- 30 web tasks and 20 game tests
New benchmark Realtime-Bench reveals that modern language models perform poorly on tasks requiring immediate decisions. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, Ohio State University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, NVIDIA, Northwestern University, and Steadyworks developed a suite of 50 interactive tasks to evaluate AI response times.
- More than five thousand mammal species remain under-researched
Researchers Steven Austad and Arlan Richardson explain why traditional rodent models are insufficient for understanding aging and what unexpected species might reveal.
- Researchers at UC Berkeley studied macaque brain rhythms
Janis Hesse's study on macaques reveals a rhythm linking frontal and posterior brain regions during conscious perception.
- SpaceX plans to buy Boost Mobile from EchoStar
The company is exploring a deal with EchoStar to access terrestrial networks and build a hybrid cellular-satellite system. This move aims to help SpaceX compete with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon by improving indoor coverage.
- RTL-Interact uses rewards to encourage concise successful checks
Researchers introduced a framework where a single model generates register-transfer-level code, performs EDA checks, and revises implementations. The approach employs Pattern-Aware Policy Optimization (PAPO) to reinforce concise successful corrections.
- RoboArchitect raised average success from 9.7% to 43.3% on unseen scenes
A coding model automatically reconfigures robot control based on failure analysis, achieving a 4.5x performance increase on unseen scenes.
- Northwood Space raises $375 million
Andreessen Horowitz and DFJ Growth co-led the round. Bridgit Mendler leads the satellite communication startup.
