Morning Edition · Monday, July 6, 2026
Anthropic Opens Claude Science, an Agent Workbench for Researchers
The app runs on Claude Opus 4.8, includes more than 60 scientific databases and a citation-checking reviewer agent, and is available to paid subscribers without special access requirements.
Anthropic announced Claude Science on June 30, an application that combines databases, coding tools, compute, and research workflows in one workspace. It is pre-configured with more than 60 scientific databases and connectors for genomics,…
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