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AI agents for Science: 6 real use cases
Literature reviews, experiments and discovery, run by agents that read and reason. 6 real use cases. 3 were done with 3 named agents, most often Gemini, Claude Code and Claude; 3 with custom-built or unnamed ones. Each links to its source.
6 use cases · 5 agents · Updated Oct 16, 2026
All 6 Science use cases
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Have AI agents propose research ideas on superbugs
Google's Gemini 2.0-based AI co-scientist, given an Imperial College question on drug-resistant bacteria, reportedly reached the team's unpublished idea in about 48 hours and suggested one new to them.
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Run biomedical analyses with a 150-tool agent
Stanford researchers built Biomni, an agent that runs biomedical analyses with 150 tools; the authors report it nears human level on tasks like searching databases and planning gene cloning.
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Run a 12-hour AI scientist on your research data
Edison Scientific's Kosmos reads about 1,500 papers per run; independent scientists judged 79.4% of its report statements accurate, and it highlights seven discoveries.
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Turn biology questions into interactive cited diagrams
A developer built Anima, an add-on that has Claude Code turn biology questions into interactive, sourced diagrams; they've published live examples on dopamine, stimulants, semaglutide and nerve cells.
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Check a reference list for fake or retracted papers
A developer had Claude check a 20-reference list with their own connector; they say in about a minute it flagged 5 fake papers, 1 wrong citation and 1 retraction.
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Set up a private home phone network with an agent
A hobbyist bought a secondhand mini cell tower for about 50 CNY and had an AI agent set up the network software; they say it worked almost in one shot.
