Welcome to In the Spotlight, where each month we shine a light on something exciting, timely, or simply fascinating from the world of science.
This month, we’re focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), a topic that continues to capture attention everywhere. Here, you’ll find the latest research news, insights, and discoveries shaping how AI is being developed and used across the world.
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 17-Nov-2025 13:11 ET (17-Nov-2025 18:11 GMT/UTC)
Mind readers: Stevens researchers peek at how large language models encode theory-of-mind
Stevens Institute of TechnologyPeer-Reviewed Publication
Humans have the cognitive capacity to infer and reason about the minds and thoughts of other people. Our brains are very good at it—much better than the Large Language Models or LLMs. Although LLMs were inspired by some concepts from neuroscience and cognitive science, they aren’t exact mimics of the human brain. Now, two scientists team up in a multi-disciplinary effort to tune the LLMs to make fewer redundant computations, so they operate closer to how a human brain does.
Chatting with your cells
CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of SciencesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Single-cell sequencing provides great insights into the inner workings of cells – but making sense of the data requires advanced bioinformatics skills. Researchers at CeMM, Medical University of Vienna, and St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute have now developed an artificial intelligence (AI) method and software tool that lets scientists explore such datasets through natural-language conversations – speaking English with the computer instead of having to learn a programming language. This study, published in Nature Biotechnology (DOI 10.1038/s41587-025-02857-9), illustrates how modern AI makes biomedical research more accessible and effective.
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- Nature Biotechnology
Meet us at PFF Summit 2025 | Insilico Medicine to showcase generative AI platform and introduce their latest AI-driven Pulmonary Fibrosis clinical research at PFF Summit 2025 in Chicago, IL
InSilico MedicineMeeting Announcement
Meet us at PFF Summit 2025 | Insilico Medicine to showcase generative AI platform and introduce their latest AI-driven Pulmonary Fibrosis clinical research at PFF Summit 2025 in Chicago, IL
Omni-modal language models: Paving the way toward artificial general intelligence
ELSPPeer-Reviewed Publication
Process monitoring of P-GMAW-based wire arc direct energy deposition of stainless steels via time-frequency domain analysis and Isolation Forest
ELSPPeer-Reviewed Publication
- Journal
- Advanced Manufacturing
Optional learning support fosters self-directed learning
University of ColognePeer-Reviewed Publication
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- International Journal of Science Education