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Google Research·· 2026-05-20SelectedAI score62

Empirical Research Assistance (ERA): From Nature publication to catalyzing Computational Discovery

Empirical Research Assistance (ERA): From Nature publication to catalyzing Computational Discovery

AI introduction

Google's research tool ERA uses Gemini to write and optimize scientific code, and the related paper was published in Nature today. ERA uses tree search to consider thousands of approaches and reaches expert-level performance on benchmarks in genomics, public health, satellite imagery, neuroscience, time series forecasting, and mathematics.

Why it matters

The article gives ERA's performance on benchmarks across multiple disciplines and eight application cases, letting readers understand how AI-assisted scientific computing is actually being deployed.

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Source: Google Research · research.google