This week’s dose of optimism includes a US plan to triple its nuclear power capacity by 2050, the prospects for molecular nanotechnology, and the release of the much-anticipated AlphaFold 3 software, which can predict and design biological sequences.
Molecular nanotechnology could be a game-changer for multiple industries, accelerating production and making current computers and machines look primitive.
The release of AlphaFold 3, an AI system that predicts protein structures, which has been open-sourced by Google, is expected to significantly speed up scientific research and drug discovery.
Other stories cover the use of Android phones to map the Earth’s ionosphere and the resurrection of Medici-style patronage in Silicon Valley, where wealthy individuals are funding writers and researchers.
