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Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Save article View saved research This is a summary of: Miao, J. et al . Reimagining research papers as interactive and reliable AI agents. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11044-y (2026) . Access options Access through your institution Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription 27,99 € / 30 days cancel any time Learn more Subscribe to this journal Receive 52 print issues and online access 185,98 € per year only 3,58 € per issue Learn more Rent or buy this article Prices vary by article type from $1.95 to $39.95 Learn more Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02880-z ‘Expert opinion’ is published under a CC BY 4.0 licence and Figure 1 is published under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. References Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol (2024). Avsec, Ž. et al. Nature 649 , 1206–1218 (2026). Article PubMed Google Scholar Zhu, R. et al. Preprint at bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.23.696273 (2025). Ho, C.-H. et al. Nature Genet. 57 , 2536–2545 (2025). Article PubMed Google Scholar Download references Reprints and permissions Related Articles Read the paper: Reimagining research papers as interactive and reliable AI agents AI systems devise hypotheses and ways to test them AI tools boost individual scientists but could limit research as a whole Subjects Computational biology and bioinformatics Machine learning Latest on: Computational biology and bioinformatics Machine learning AI companies must work with the research community to protect attribution Editorial 16 SEP 26 AI tool turns any paper into an ‘agent’ that can collaborate and answer complex queries News 16 SEP 26 Scalable near-real-time Bayesian phylogenetics for outbreaks with Delphy Article 16 SEP 26 AI companies must work with the research community to protect attribution Editorial 16 SEP 26 AI tool turns any paper into an ‘agent’ that can collaborate and answer complex queries News 16 SEP 26 Identification of broadly tumour-reactive γδ TCRs from multiple myeloma Article 16 SEP 26 Jobs Open Rank Professor of Pharmacology, Tenured/Tenure-Track-UVA School of Medicine The Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia invites applications for two open rank tenured/tenure-track fa Charlottesville, Virginia University of Virginia - Pharmacology PhD Candidate (m/f/d) This position is part of the Leibniz Science Campus “Cardio-Oncology Campus for Precision Medicine”. Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen (DE) Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V. Tenure-Track or Tenured faculty The SoQ invites highly qualified faculty member in quantum sciences & technology and related fields. Beijing (CN) School of Quantum at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) Postdoctoral Scholar in Visual System Neurobiology & Multi-Omics We are seeking a highly motivated scientist trained in neuroscience with expertise in molecular biology and bioinformatics Los Angeles, California University of California Los Angeles Vice Chair for Neuroscience Research, Department of Neurosurgery - McGovern Medical School The Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston, invites applications for an internationally recognized... Houston, Texas (US) UTHealth Houston - Neurosciences