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Anthropic’s R&D spending passed Microsoft’s last quarter
Anthropic spent about $9.5 billion on R&D in Q3, more than Microsoft, per its amended IPO filing. Four large companies that report R&D spent more. The post Anthropic’s R&D spending passed Microsoft’s last quarter appeared first on Research & Development World .
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Altman bets OpenAI could redo its $10 million Navier–Stokes proof at 1/100th the cost by September 2027
Sam Altman told Stripe's Cheeky Pint that OpenAI's Navier-Stokes proof cost about $10 million and bet the same work will cost 1/100th as much within a year. The post Altman bets OpenAI could redo its $10 million Navier–Stokes proof at 1/100th the cost by September 2027 appeared…
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CAS AI leader on bringing agents into scientific workflows, with a Microsoft assist
CAS AI leader Andrea Jacobs on bringing CAS data and its Newton agent into Microsoft Copilot through MCP, and on connecting AI agents to lab instruments. The post CAS AI leader on bringing agents into scientific workflows, with a Microsoft assist appeared first on Research &…
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NIH awarded more new grants in fiscal 2026, even as total awards fell
NIH made 13,686 new awards in fiscal 2026, up 21% from 2025, while total grants fell as annual payments on existing projects declined. The post NIH awarded more new grants in fiscal 2026, even as total awards fell appeared first on Research & Development World .
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DOE’s BattMan brings four national labs together to de-risk battery scale-up
PNNL leads DOE’s BattMan consortium, combining four national labs’ manufacturing expertise, machine learning and digital twins to reduce battery scale-up risks. The post DOE’s BattMan brings four national labs together to de-risk battery scale-up appeared first on Research &…
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The day after Google reveals its frontier AI model Gemini 4 Carbon, Wall Street hands Alphabet its worst stock day ever.
Google unveiled Gemini 4 Carbon at the AI frontier. A day later, Alphabet shares fell 12.6% as investors weighed Search monetization, negative free cash flow and rising infrastructure spending. The post The day after Google reveals its frontier AI model Gemini 4 Carbon, Wall…
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DOE packages national lab know-how as 35 skills for Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI
DOE released 35 Genesis Mission agent skills, written by researchers at seven national labs, that teach Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI to do lab work. The post DOE packages national lab know-how as 35 skills for Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI appeared first on Research &…
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HEMCO offers UniFlow fume hoods with application-specific liners
HEMCO offers UniFlow laboratory fume hoods with composite, stainless-steel, HDPE and polypropylene chambers for different applications. The post HEMCO offers UniFlow fume hoods with application-specific liners appeared first on Research & Development World .
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SpaceX commits to $40B NVIDIA GPU lease for terrestrial AI buildout
SpaceX is accelerating its shift from rocket company to major AI infrastructure player. Anthropic, the developer of Claude, disclosed in its IPO prospectus that it has agreed to spend up to $120.5 billion on computing capacity from SpaceXAI, SpaceX’s AI subsidiary. The related…
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DOE will end single-investigator grants in accelerator basic research
DOE to fund only multi-university teams in fiscal 2027 for basic accelerator research, ending single-PI awards, as it picks 14 projects for $15 million. The post DOE will end single-investigator grants in accelerator basic research appeared first on Research & Development World .
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Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon takes benchmark lead with access limited to cyber defenders
Google's Gemini 4 Carbon scores 59 on Artificial Analysis's v5.0 index, a point ahead of Claude Opus 5.5, with access limited to cyber defenders for now. The post Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon takes benchmark lead with access limited to cyber defenders appeared first on Research &…
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Twist adds cell-free antibody screening for AI-designed candidates
Twist Express Screening Antibodies uses LenioBio’s ALiCE cell-free system to deliver purified IgG in five business days, or eight to ten with SPR data. The post Twist adds cell-free antibody screening for AI-designed candidates appeared first on Research & Development World .
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OpenAI says its AI models produced major proofs in mathematics, computer science and physics
OpenAI says its models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis and proved results in math and physics; Anthropic posted its own ETH refutation hours later. The post OpenAI says its AI models produced major proofs in mathematics, computer science and physics appeared first on…
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Anthropic acquires a one-person biotech that used Claude to coordinate 11 labs
Anthropic acquired Mithril Medicine, whose sole employee used Claude to run 11 outside labs and reach mouse results for a muscular dystrophy antibody. The post Anthropic acquires a one-person biotech that used Claude to coordinate 11 labs appeared first on Research & Development…
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Fall 2026 Issue: This year’s R&D 100 Awards
The 2026 R&D 100 Awards issue profiles this year’s winners and three professional honorees. M. Parans Paranthaman, the 2026 Researcher of the Year at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, also worked on PASTREE, a winning process from ORNL and the Florida Industrial and Phosphate…
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Jellyfish: Claude Code bills hit $252 a month per developer as software factories automate code production among early adopters
Jellyfish data from 1,300 companies: agents touch 27.7% of pull requests at the median company, while software factories open 0.0% at nine in 10. The post Jellyfish: Claude Code bills hit $252 a month per developer as software factories automate code production among early…
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Nearly 9 in 10 organizational comments opposed OMB’s grant overhaul, analysis finds
An Annals of Internal Medicine analysis found 87.5% of organizational comments opposed OMB's grant rule, with research groups opposed at about 93%. The post Nearly 9 in 10 organizational comments opposed OMB’s grant overhaul, analysis finds appeared first on Research &…
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Anthropic’s R&D budget now rivals Eli Lilly’s
Anthropic's S-1 shows $9.74B of first-half R&D, more than any big U.S. drugmaker's ongoing R&D, and $14.2B over 12 months, near Eli Lilly's. The post Anthropic’s R&D budget now rivals Eli Lilly’s appeared first on Research & Development World .
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Google AI finds more methane plumes in NASA satellite data
Google’s MAPL-EMIT model found about 50% more plausible methane plumes than human analysts in NASA EMIT data after training on 3.6 million simulated plumes. The post Google AI finds more methane plumes in NASA satellite data appeared first on Research & Development World .
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How Kimi K3.1 Pro stacks up against Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra
Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro ranks fourth on Artificial Analysis's index at $2.11 per task, with open weights due Nov. 4. How it compares with Opus 5.5. The post How Kimi K3.1 Pro stacks up against Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra appeared first on Research & Development World .