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Texas A&M's New Laser Tool Measures the Quantum Forces Behind Drugs
A Texas A&M team has built a laser-based technique called TRIP that can directly measure the faint quantum forces holding proteins and drugs together — a powerful new tool for the next generation of medicines.

New Alzheimer's Drug Slows Brain Damage and Extends Life in Mice
Researchers identified a fresh Alzheimer's target inside brain cells and built an experimental compound that, in mice, reduced nerve-cell loss and helped the animals live longer.

AlphaFold Spin-Off Raises $2.1B to Hunt Drugs With AI
Isomorphic Labs, the DeepMind offshoot built around Nobel Prize–winning AlphaFold, just landed one of the biggest funding rounds in AI biotech to scale its drug pipeline.
McGill Scientists Find Hidden 'Switch' That Turns On Fat Burning
Researchers at McGill University have uncovered a molecular switch in brown fat that ramps up calorie burning in mice — and it could also lead to better treatments for bone disease.
New Mass Spectrometer Prototype Can Analyze a Billion Molecules at Once
Researchers at Rockefeller University have built a revolutionary mass spectrometer prototype called MultiQ-IT that processes billions of ions simultaneously, potentially transforming drug discovery and single-cell biology.