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Google $GOOGL -0.30% announced Gemini for Science on Tuesday at its annual I/O developer conference, a collection of AI tools designed to help researchers generate ideas, run computational experiments, and navigate scientific literature more quickly.
The suite offers three experimental prototypes through Google Labs. Hypothesis Generation, created with Co-Scientist, uses a multi-agent system to create, discuss, and assess research ideas, with results backed by clickable citations, according to Google. Computational Discovery, developed with AlphaEvolve and ERA, automates large-scale testing by generating and scoring thousands of code versions at once, covering areas like solar forecasting and epidemiology. Literature Insights, made with Google NotebookLM, allows researchers to search published studies and create structured outputs such as reports, slide decks, and audio or video summaries.
Researchers can register for access through Google Labs, while enterprise organizations have a dedicated route through Google Cloud. Access to all three tools is available via a registration form at labs.google/science; organizations operating at enterprise scale can reach them through Google Cloud. Companies including BASF and Klarna are using AlphaEvolve in private preview, while organizations including Daiichi Sankyo, Bayer Crop Science, and U.S. National Labs are using Co-Scientist to work on research challenges, Google said. Research papers on ERA and Co-Scientist were published Tuesday in Nature.
