The UK‑led OpenBind initiative has reached a major milestone with the release of its first publicly available dataset , a groundbreaking step toward accelerating the discovery of new medicines using artificial intelligence. The release makes high‑quality, standardised experimental data freely accessible to researchers worldwide, providing AI-ready data to address the most persistent barriers in AI‑driven therapeutic development.

The H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in over 700 herds of dairy cows in California, the largest dairy-producing state in the U.S. A study published May 5^th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology led by Seema S. Lakdawala at Emory University School of Medicine, U.S. and Jason Lombard at Colorado State University, U.S. suggests that avian influenza (H5N1) is transmitted through multiple, previously unknown sources and that some H5N1 positive cows do not show clinical signs of infection.

The Timor green pigeon, which is under pressure from hunting and habitat loss, is at serious risk of extinction and should be uplisted to Critically Endangered, according to a new study from researchers at Charles Darwin University and BirdLife International.