# AI co-scientist published in Nature; becomes the base of Gemini for Science

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Date: 28 May 2026
About: [Google DeepMind](https://technooptimist.io/companies/google-deepmind.md) · [AI co-scientist](https://technooptimist.io/ai/co-scientist.md)
Original source: https://research.google/blog/a-new-era-of-innovation-google-research-at-io-2026

Google's co-scientist paper appeared in Nature, and at I/O 2026 Google launched Gemini for Science, a set of experimental research tools whose hypothesis generator is built on co-scientist. Access is opening gradually to registered researchers.

## Key facts

- Lab follow-ups cited: antimicrobial resistance (Cell), plant immunity (preprint), liver fibrosis (Advanced Science).
- Built jointly by Google Research, Google DeepMind, Google Cloud and Google Labs.
- Researchers register at labs.google/science.

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