AI Agents for Science.
Empowering researchers to tackle humanity's biggest challenges.
Accelerating Scientific Breakthroughs
At Barnacle Labs, we build specialised AI Agents for Science that augment human researchers' capabilities by intelligently exploring scientific domains, formulating hypotheses and collaborating with human researchers to validate findings that push the boundaries of human knowledge.
Powering the Future of Cancer Research with NanCI
Barnacle Labs, in partnership with the USA's National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Google Cloud developed NanCI, an app using advanced Gemini AI to recommend research papers, facilitate collaboration, support career growth, and accelerate cancer research.
We wanted to build a solution that would automate literature curation with an integrated social networking component to bring joy back into the scientific process. That’s what the NanCI app is for: enabling discovery, connection, and collaboration.— Dr. Oliver Bogler, Director, Center for Cancer Training, NCI
Impact of NanCI
Already in use at over 100 academic institutions, NanCI is using advanced AI to transform how scientists collaborate and discover breakthroughs.
NanCI is available across the globe through the Apple App Store and soon publicly accessible via the web.
- Automates research processes to help accelerate cancer and chronic disease breakthroughs
- Empowers researchers to manage high volumes of biomedical research literature
- Provides networking, collaboration, and career growth opportunities using social connection features
What Makes NanCI Revolutionary
Scientific papers are published at a staggering rate—over 500 cancer research articles daily. NanCI uses AI to cut through this information overload, helping researchers focus on what matters most to their work.
NanCI doesn't just find papers—it understands them. Create topic folders, bookmark key research, and actually chat with papers to get instant answers. NanCI learns your interests as you interact with it and proactively uses that knowledge to seek out and suggest further research for you. It's like having your very own AI research assistant who never sleeps.
NanCI transforms dense, technical research into clear, digestible insights. By using AI to summarise, tag and visually illustrate complex concepts, NanCI makes even the driest research instantly recognisable and intelligible—turning information into understanding.
- Explains why each paper matters to your research
- Connect with researchers who share your interests
- Learn from experts by following their public collections
- Find events and build a scientific community
- AI that learns your interests and suggests relevant papers