Current：Home > InvestHow AI is speeding up scientific discoveries -MoneyBase
How AI is speeding up scientific discoveries
View
Date：2025-04-17 11:38:17
Artificial intelligence can code computer programs, draw pictures and even take notes for doctors. Now, researchers are excited about the possibility that AI speeds up the scientific process — from quicker drug design to someday developing new hypotheses.
Science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel talks to host Regina Barber about his visit to one protein lab already seeing promising results.
Click here to read Geoff's full story.
Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.
Have an AI query? Send us your questions to shortwave@npr.org.
This episode was produced by Berly McCoy and edited by Rebecca Ramirez. Geoff Brumfiel checked the facts and Maggie Luthar was the audio engineer.
veryGood！ (619)
Related
- Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
- Lawsuit challenging Indiana abortion ban survives a state challenge
- YouTuber Aspyn Ovard files for divorce; announces birth of 3rd daughter the same day
- 6 inmates who sued New York over its prison lockdown order will get to view solar eclipse after all
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Avoid these common tax scams as the April 15 filing deadline nears
- Knicks forward Julius Randle to have season-ending shoulder surgery
- Kiss gets in the groove by selling its music catalog and brand for over $300 million
- Sonya Massey's father decries possible release of former deputy charged with her death
- Conan O'Brien to return to 'Tonight Show' with Jimmy Fallon for first time after firing
Ranking
- Intellectuals vs. The Internet
- NFL power rankings: Bills, Cowboys among teams taking big hits this offseason
- Nebraska lawmakers to debate a bill on transgender students’ access to bathrooms and sports teams
- New survey of U.S. teachers carries a message: It is getting harder and harder
- 'Most Whopper
- 5-year-old fatally shot by other child after gun was unsecured at grandparents' Michigan home
- US jobs report for March is likely to point to slower but still-solid hiring
- Should Big Oil Be Tried for Homicide?
Recommendation
IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
Police officers’ trial on civil rights charges in Tyre Nichols death to stay in Memphis, judge says
New York can take legal action against county’s ban on female transgender athletes, judge says
Falling trees kill 4 people as storms slam New York, Pennsylvania and Northeast
Tarte Shape Tape Concealer Sells Once Every 4 Seconds: Get 50% Off Before It's Gone
I Had My Sephora Cart Filled for 3 Weeks Waiting for This Sale: Here’s What I Bought
NY state is demanding more information on Trump’s $175 million appeal bond in civil fraud case
Bachelor Nation's Daisy Kent Reveals Why She Turned Down the Opportunity to Be the Bachelorette