Index.

Every Bright discovery, plainly: 215 records with their evidence state, the date the source was published, the date Bright added it, and where it sits on the physical scale. The 14 scales on the front page are a curated edition drawn from this list.

49 of 215 records, sorted by scale (descending). Scale is approximate: the size of the subject itself, or of the setting where the work happens. Records with no honest physical size are off the axis.
RecordScaleEvidencePublishedAdded to BrightWho
A faster view of the weather. ≈ 12,700 km, size of the subjectDemonstrated2023-11-142026-09-05Google DeepMind
A year of satellite observation, made lighter to carry. ≈ 12,700 km, size of the subjectDemonstrated2026-06-042026-09-19European Space Agency, University of Cambridge Earth Observation
Forecasting more than one future. ≈ 12,700 km, size of the subjectDemonstrated2024-12-042026-09-05Google DeepMind
Physics meets learning. ≈ 12,700 km, size of the subjectDemonstrated2024-07-222026-09-05Google Research & collaborators
Weather in three dimensions. ≈ 12,700 km, size of the subjectDemonstrated2023-07-052026-09-05Huawei Cloud
A medicine budget aimed where it could do more. ≈ 1,000 km, size of the settingDemonstrated2026-04-292026-09-19Government and research partners in Sierra Leone
More time before the flood. ≈ 100 km, size of the settingDemonstrated2024-03-202026-09-05Google Research
Quieting the mirrors that listen to spaceOn the scale: a ripple from space ≈ 4 km, size of the settingDemonstrated2025-09-042026-09-07Google DeepMind, LIGO, Caltech
A warehouse inventory check that rolls itself. ≈ 100 m, size of the settingDemonstrated2025-03-032026-09-07GXO Logistics, Dexory
A teacher and an AI tutor after school.On the scale: a classroom ≈ 10 m, size of the settingDemonstrated2025-05-192026-09-07World Bank, Edo State Secondary Education Board, SmartEdge
When the answer arrives too soon.On the scale: a classroom ≈ 10 m, size of the settingDemonstrated2025-06-252026-09-07University of Pennsylvania, Budapest British International School
Easing the hour before surgery. ≈ 3 m, size of the settingDemonstrated2026-09-262026-09-27Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Faster to start, but not the coach everyone wanted. ≈ 1 m, size of the settingDemonstrated2026-08-032026-09-19Study authors and clinical partners
Holding a plasma in shape. ≈ 1 m, size of the subjectDemonstrated2022-02-162026-09-05EPFL & DeepMind
Six million CT images become a reusable starting point. ≈ 50 cm, size of the subjectDemonstrated2026-03-042026-09-19Merlin research collaboration
CT scans may carry a second clue. ≈ 25 cm, size of the subjectDemonstrated2026-09-222026-09-25Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Shanghai Institution of Pancreatic Disease
Personalizing an ablation for persistent AFOn the scale: a human heart ≈ 12 cm, size of the subjectDemonstrated2025-02-142026-09-07TAILORED-AF Investigators
Finding a missing line's ancient neighbors.On the scale: a carved letter ≈ 3 cm, size of the subjectDemonstrated2025-07-232026-09-07Google DeepMind, University of Nottingham, Durham University
Listening to the ancient world. ≈ 3 cm, size of the subjectDemonstrated2022-03-092026-09-05Ca’ Foscari University & DeepMind
Helping specialists see urgency. ≈ 24 mm, size of the subjectDemonstrated2018-08-132026-09-05Moorfields Eye Hospital & DeepMind
One coordinate system for cells across species. ≈ 10 µm, size of the subjectDemonstrated2026-07-082026-09-19Universal Cell Embedding research collaboration, Tabula Sapiens
A broader map of human proteins. ≈ 10 nm, size of the subjectDemonstrated2021-07-222026-09-05DeepMind & EMBL-EBI
Designing proteins with purpose. ≈ 10 nm, size of the subjectDemonstrated2023-07-112026-09-05University of Washington & collaborators
Seeing molecules together. ≈ 10 nm, size of the subjectDemonstrated2024-05-082026-09-05Google DeepMind & Isomorphic Labs
Seeing the shape of life.On the scale: one protein ≈ 10 nm, size of the subjectDemonstrated2021-07-152026-09-05DeepMind
Reading more of a DNA change's consequences ≈ 2 nm, size of the subjectDemonstrated2026-01-282026-09-07Google DeepMind
A 12-week technician pathway led to 19 Oracle job offers.off the axisDemonstrated2026-05-292026-09-19Saint Martin’s University, Oracle
A better forecast can start by learning its own mistakes.off the axisDemonstrated2026-10-142026-10-15Microsoft Research, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
A model whose full recipe is visible.On the scale: the laptop in front of youoff the axisDemonstrated2025-03-132026-09-07Ai2
A second opinion tested across three health systems.off the axisDemonstrated2026-09-092026-09-19Study sites in Kenya, Indonesia, and the Netherlands
A weather-model test ran faster on NOAA’s new research computer.off the axisDemonstrated2025-08-222026-09-19NOAA Environmental Modeling Center, NOAA EPIC
Adapting an image model to a visual practiceoff the axisDemonstrated2022-08-222026-09-19CompVis and Stability AI ecosystem
Adapting one Earth model to many mapsoff the axisDemonstrated2024-12-032026-09-19NASA and IBM Research
Adapting one robot policy across nine platformsoff the axisDemonstrated2024-05-202026-09-19UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Google DeepMind collaborators
AI is helping small businesses get more of their own ideas off the groundoff the axisDemonstrated2026-10-072026-10-07U.S. Census Bureau, The Original Tamale Co., Henry's House of Coffee
AI is taking on the bottlenecks in breast cancer careoff the axisDemonstrated2026-10-052026-10-05iSono Health, Whiterabbit.ai, Ataraxis AI
Explaining a novice programmer's compiler erroroff the axisDemonstrated2025-07-072026-09-19Solano, Koutcheme, Leinonen, Vassar, and Renzella
Finding more workable grid plansOn the scale: a computing campusoff the axisDemonstrated2026-05-072026-09-07Google DeepMind, Google Research
New paths through mathematics.off the axisDemonstrated2023-12-142026-09-05Google DeepMind
Ninety-nine million Hubble cutouts, and eight hundred overlooked oddities.off the axisDemonstrated2025-12-162026-09-19European Space Agency, Hubble research collaboration
OpenAI’s COBOL AI gains put legacy software in focusoff the axisDemonstrated2026-10-192026-10-19OpenAI, US Government Accountability Office, Unified Forecast System
Pittsburgh research computing helped test genomic risk signals—not a medical test.off the axisDemonstratednot shown by the source2026-09-19Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Northwestern University
Predicting a protein’s shape from its sequenceoff the axisDemonstrated2023-03-162026-09-19Meta Fundamental AI Research
Proposing materials for a desired propertyoff the axisDemonstrated2025-01-162026-09-19Microsoft Research
SAM 1: selecting an object with a point or a boxoff the axisDemonstrated2023-04-052026-09-19Meta AI
Seven hours saved, and a new bottleneck waiting.off the axisDemonstrated2026-09-152026-09-19Google, MIT FutureTech
Transcribing speech on infrastructure you controloff the axisDemonstrated2022-09-212026-09-19OpenAI
When a model changed, its open recipe helped trace why.off the axisDemonstrated2026-09-092026-09-19Allen Institute for AI, Goodfire
Will an AI chatbot actually save my business money?off the axisDemonstratednot shown by the source2026-10-15Researchers in the cited QJE study, Researchers in the cited Taobao experiment

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