Current research layer

New evidence, new instruments, same strict claim standard.

This page collects the latest research updates added to the interface. Each item connects a source-backed observation to the route where users can inspect it: library lanes, simulations, source ledgers, the contact lab, or the editorial stream.

Highlights

Current research updates routed into the web interface.

Sources

261

Unique primary or institutional references behind this update layer.

Routes

Pages where the research is displayed or turned into interaction.

Molecular runtime lane

Molecular Operations Field

Interactive 3D context for viewer/runtime selection across Mol*, ChimeraX, Biotite, OpenUSD, and related workflow surfaces.

Validation State Field

Interactive 3D lane for schema validators, state snapshots, and API-migration-aware automation paths.

Research constellation

Research Intelligence Constellation

Interactive 3D constellation linking query, runtime, and validation lanes so documentation relationships are easier to scan before method decisions.

Protocol orbit

Protocol Orbit Field

Interactive 3D lane for build reproducibility, container resource governance, and molecular protocol setup.

Secure Build Flow

Emphasizes build-governance and provenance checkpoints before runtime publication.

Controls: move pointer to steer camera, Left/Right or 1/2/3 to change mode.

Schema/runtime atlas

Secure Build And Schema Atlas

Interactive 3D context that aligns secure build guidance, OpenUSD schema layers, and molecular-selection operations in one view.

Active molecular lane sources

This lane maps web-native structure viewers, desktop review tools, and 3D scene standards so readers can inspect execution options, not just conclusions.

Mol* Home Mol* Docs Biotite PyMOL Biotite PDBx I/O ChimeraX Startup OpenVDB Docs OpenVDB 13.0 RDKit 2026.03.2 OpenFF Toolkit Kaolin Install OVITO IO Open Babel CLI GROMACS 2026.2 MDTraj ASE Docs VTK Python API HOOMD Install PyMOL CLI PyVista Docs trimesh Docs Gemmi 0.7.5 Gemmi CIF Gemmi Mol Models PDBFixer Molecular Nodes Geometry Nodes USD Exchange SDK USD Validation UsdUtils API USD Tokens Learn USD Validate USDZ Spec USD MaxPerf Omni Validator USD Requirements Blender Py Quickstart Blender as bpy Blender USDHook 3Dmol.js Docs Mol* Model Server Mol* Volume Server Mol* Mesoscale Mol* Data State Mol* Viewer State PDBe REST API PDBe API Docs PDBe API Migration Mol* State Server Blender 4.2 Py API Blender 4.3 Py API Blender 4.4 Py API rcsb-api Python RCSB Download API RCSB Basic Search RCSB Search Examples RCSB Search Py RCSB Search ReDoc RCSB API Slides Blender 4.5 Py API Blender 5.0 Py API Blender 5.1 Py API Blender 5.2 Py API Blender Extensions USD API Front USD Ar Hydra 2.0 Start Hydra Scene Browser USD Glossary Mol* Instance MolViewSpec NVIDIA CTK NVIDIA CTK Docker docker run --gpus Docker BuildKit Build Cache Backends docker buildx bake docker buildx build imagetools create Dockerfile Reference Docker Cache GHA Docker CI Cache Build Attestations SBOM Attestations GHA Attestations Compose GPU Apptainer OCI apptainer oci CLI Apptainer Fakeroot Apptainer Build apptainer build CLI apptainer cfg fakeroot Apptainer OCI Runtime Apptainer Registry Apptainer GPU Singularity GPU Apptainer Binds Apptainer Cgroups Apptainer Overlays Apptainer Install Singularity Data BioContainers NCBI datasets CLI wwPDB Formats wwPDB 12-char IDs wwPDB mmCIF Guide mmCIF Dictionary Blender USD RCSB Mol*OpenUSD Metrics USD Toolset usdview Setup UsdPhysics PyTorch3D Render OpenMM Cookbook OpenMM Start OpenMM Alchemical OpenMMTools Docs OpenMMTools Start OpenFE Docs OpenFE RBFE CLI OpenFE Protocols OpenMM Py API MDAnalysis Guide MDAnalysis Quickstart MDAnalysis Transforms Biopython Bio.PDB Biopython SeqIO Biopython AlignIO OpenUSD

New documentation reel

High-signal visual queue for newly added protocol and container docs.

Use type filters and the visual queue to inspect the newest references quickly before diving into route-level source grids.

protocol / May 16, 2026

docker scout cves

docker scout cves | Docker Docs

Docker

Visual queue

1/92

Keyboard: ← / →

Fresh source visuals

Recent additions with direct documentation snapshots.

New captures are attached to each source so route-level research cards can display concrete references for tooling, mission context, and claim constraints.

193 visible sources / scope all

protocol / May 16, 2026

docker scout cves

docker scout cves | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

docker scout compare

docker scout compare | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

docker scout sbom

docker scout sbom | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Scout SBOM How-To

View and create SBOMs | Docker Docs

Blender node-based tools documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

GN Tool Nodes

Node-Based Tools - Blender 5.0 Manual

Blender geometry nodes baking documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

GN Baking

Baking - Blender 4.5 LTS Manual

OpenUSD referencing layers tutorial page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

USD Layer Refs

Referencing Layers — Universal Scene Description documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

USD Shading Tut

Simple Shading in USD — Universal Scene Description documentation

MDAnalysis hydrogen bond analysis documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

MDAnalysis H-Bonds

Hydrogen Bond Analysis — MDAnalysis.analysis.hydrogenbonds — MDAnalysis 2.10.0 documentation

MDTraj compute_distances API documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

MDTraj Distances

mdtraj.compute_distances — MDTraj documentation

MDTraj baker_hubbard API documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

MDTraj H-Bonds

mdtraj.baker_hubbard — MDTraj documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

ChimeraX hbonds

Command: hbonds

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Quick Styles

Quick Styles - Mol* Viewer Documentation

Mol* URL parameters tip documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* URL Tips

URL Parameters - Mol* Viewer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

docker scout quickview

docker scout quickview | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

scout recommendations

docker scout recommendations | Docker Docs

Docker Scout policy status documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Scout Policy View

View Docker Scout policy status | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Scout Remediation

Remediation with Docker Scout | Docker Docs

Blender for-each geometry element zone documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

For Each Zone

For Each Geometry Element Zone - Blender 5.0 Manual

OpenUSD authoring variants tutorial page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

USD Variants

Authoring Variants — Universal Scene Description documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

MDAnalysis Contacts

Native contacts analysis — MDAnalysis.analysis.contacts — MDAnalysis 2.10.0 documentation

MDTraj compute_contacts API documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

MDTraj Contacts

mdtraj.compute_contacts — MDTraj documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

ChimeraX distance

Command: distance

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Measurements

Measurements - Mol* Viewer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Scout Policy

Get started with Policy Evaluation in Docker Scout | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

docker scout policy

docker scout policy | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Repeat Zone

Repeat Zone - Blender 5.0 Manual

protocol / May 16, 2026

Biopython Pairwise

Pairwise sequence alignment — Biopython documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

MDTraj RMSD

mdtraj.rmsd — MDTraj documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

ChimeraX measure

Command: measure

Mol* Mesoscale viewport settings documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Viewport

Viewport Settings - Mol* Mesoscale Explorer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Build Checks

Checking your build configuration | Docker Docs

Docker build-check rule reference documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Build Check Rules

Build checks | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Build Policies

Validating build inputs with policies | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

SLSA Provenance

Provenance attestations | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

UsdMtlx

Universal Scene Description: UsdMtlx : MaterialX File Format and Shader Plugins

protocol / May 16, 2026

UsdSkel

Universal Scene Description: UsdSkel : USD Skeleton Schema and API

protocol / May 16, 2026

UsdRi

Universal Scene Description: UsdRi: USD Renderman Schemas

protocol / May 16, 2026

UsdMedia

Universal Scene Description: UsdMedia : USD Media Schemas

protocol / May 16, 2026

UsdProc

Universal Scene Description: UsdProc : USD Procedural Generation Schemas

protocol / May 16, 2026

Simulation Zone

Simulation Zone - Blender 5.0 Manual

protocol / May 16, 2026

MDAnalysis Align

Coordinate fitting and alignment — MDAnalysis.analysis.align — MDAnalysis 2.10.0 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Display

Managing the display - Mol* Viewer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Biotite RMSD

rmsd — Biotite

protocol / May 16, 2026

ChimeraX select

Command: select

protocol / May 16, 2026

Build Secrets

Build secrets | Docker Docs

Docker build cache invalidation documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Cache Invalidate

Build cache invalidation | Docker Docs

Docker multi-stage build documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Multi-stage Builds

Multi-stage builds | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

UsdGeom

Universal Scene Description: UsdGeom : USD Geometry Schema

protocol / May 16, 2026

UsdLux

Universal Scene Description: UsdLux : USD Lighting Schema

protocol / May 16, 2026

UsdVol

Universal Scene Description: UsdVol : USD Volume Schema

protocol / May 16, 2026

Sdf Foundations

Universal Scene Description: Sdf : Scene Description Foundations

protocol / May 16, 2026

ChimeraX User Guide

UCSF ChimeraX User Guide

UCSF ChimeraX command usage documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

ChimeraX usage

Command: usage

protocol / May 16, 2026

Biotite Structure

biotite.structure — Biotite

protocol / May 16, 2026

Biotite Superimpose

superimpose — Biotite

Mol* making selections documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Selections

Making Selections - Mol* Viewer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

micromamba Docker

Quick Start — micromamba-docker 2.6.1 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Compose Build Spec

Compose Build Specification | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Build Annotations

Annotations | Docker Docs

Nextflow container-runtime documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Nextflow Containers

Containers — Nextflow documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Snakemake Deploy

Distribution and Reproducibility | Snakemake 9.21.0 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

MMseqs2 Wiki

Home · soedinglab/MMseqs2 Wiki · GitHub

protocol / May 16, 2026

Foldseek Wiki

Home · steineggerlab/foldseek Wiki · GitHub

OpenUSD dev Hydra 2.0 getting-started guide page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Hydra 2.0 Dev

Universal Scene Description: Hydra 2.0 Getting Started Guide

protocol / May 16, 2026

Hydra Framework

Universal Scene Description: Hd : The Hydra Framework

protocol / May 16, 2026

UsdRender

Universal Scene Description: UsdRender : USD Render Schema

protocol / May 16, 2026

UsdShade

Universal Scene Description: UsdShade : USD Shading Schema

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender glTF

glTF 2.0 - Blender 4.4 Manual

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Integrations

Integrations - Mol* Viewer Documentation

Mol* query parameters documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Query Params

Query Parameters - Mol* Viewer Documentation

Atomic Simulation Environment documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

ASE Docs

Atomic Simulation Environment — ASE documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

PyVista Docs

PyVista — PyVista 0.48.2 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Gemmi CIF

CIF Parser - Gemmi 0.7.5 documentation

Gemmi macromolecular models documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Gemmi Mol Models

Macromolecular models - Gemmi 0.7.5 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

PDBFixer

openmm/pdbfixer

protocol / May 16, 2026

Geometry Nodes

Geometry Nodes - Blender 5.1 Manual

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Data State

Data State - Mol* Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Viewer State

Viewer State - Mol* Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

PDBe REST API

PDBe API | Protein Data Bank in Europe

Blender 4.2 Python API release-notes page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 4.2 Py API

Python API - Blender Developer Documentation

Blender 4.3 Python API release-notes page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 4.3 Py API

Python API & Text Editor - Blender Developer Documentation

Blender 4.4 Python API release-notes page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 4.4 Py API

Python API - Blender Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

rcsb-api Python

rcsb-api - Access RCSB PDB APIs and data from Python

RCSB file download services documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

RCSB Download API

File Download Services

RCSB Protein Data Bank basic search documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

RCSB Basic Search

Basic Search - RCSB PDB Docs

RCSB Protein Data Bank advanced search examples documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

RCSB Search Examples

Search Examples - RCSB PDB Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

RCSB Search Py

Quickstart — rcsbsearch documentation

RCSB PDB Search API ReDoc reference page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

RCSB Search ReDoc

RCSB PDB Search API Reference Documentation

Blender 4.5 Python API release-notes page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 4.5 Py API

Python API - Blender Developer Documentation

Blender 5.0 Python API release-notes page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 5.0 Py API

Python API - Blender Developer Documentation

Blender 5.1 Python API release-notes page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 5.1 Py API

Python API - Blender Developer Documentation

Blender 5.2 Python API release-notes page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 5.2 Py API

Python API - Blender Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender Extensions

How to Create Extensions - Blender 5.1 Manual

OpenUSD core API front-page documentation.

protocol / May 16, 2026

USD API Front

Usd : Universal Scene Description (Core) — Universal Scene Description 26.05 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

USD Ar

Universal Scene Description: Ar: Asset Resolution

OpenUSD Hydra 2.0 getting-started guide page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Hydra 2.0 Start

Universal Scene Description: Hydra 2.0 Getting Started Guide

protocol / May 16, 2026

Hydra Scene Browser

Universal Scene Description: Hydra Scene Browser

OpenUSD terms and concepts documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

USD Glossary

USD Terms and Concepts — Universal Scene Description 26.05 documentation

Mol* plugin instance documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Instance

Creating Instance - Mol* Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

MolViewSpec

MolViewSpec Documentation

NVIDIA Container Toolkit installation guide page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

NVIDIA CTK

Installing the NVIDIA Container Toolkit — NVIDIA Container Toolkit

NVIDIA Container Toolkit Docker specialized-configuration documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

NVIDIA CTK Docker

Specialized Configurations with Docker — NVIDIA Container Toolkit

Docker run CLI reference section for GPU access.

protocol / May 16, 2026

docker run --gpus

docker container run | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Docker BuildKit

BuildKit | Docker Docs

Docker cache storage backends documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Build Cache Backends

Cache storage backends | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

docker buildx bake

docker buildx bake | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

docker buildx build

docker buildx build | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

imagetools create

docker buildx imagetools create | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Dockerfile Reference

Dockerfile reference | Docker Docs

Docker GitHub Actions cache backend documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Docker Cache GHA

GitHub Actions cache | Docker Docs

Docker cache management with GitHub Actions documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Docker CI Cache

Cache management with GitHub Actions | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Build Attestations

Build attestations | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

SBOM Attestations

SBOM attestations | Docker Docs

Docker GitHub Actions attestations documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

GHA Attestations

Attestations | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Compose GPU

Run Docker Compose services with GPU access | Docker Docs

Apptainer Docker and OCI support documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer OCI

Support for Docker and OCI Containers — Apptainer User Guide 1.4 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

apptainer oci CLI

apptainer oci — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer Fakeroot

Fakeroot feature — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer Build

Build a Container — Apptainer User Guide 1.4 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

apptainer build CLI

apptainer build — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

Apptainer config fakeroot CLI documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

apptainer cfg fakeroot

apptainer config fakeroot — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer OCI Runtime

OCI Runtime Support — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

Apptainer OCI image registries documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer Registry

OCI Image Registries — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer GPU

GPU and other Device Support — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

SingularityCE GPU support documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Singularity GPU

GPU Support (NVIDIA CUDA & AMD ROCm) — SingularityCE User Guide latest documentation

Apptainer bind paths and mounts documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer Binds

Bind Paths and Mounts — Apptainer User Guide 1.3 documentation

Apptainer Admin Guide installation documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer Install

Installing Apptainer — Apptainer Admin Guide main documentation

SingularityCE data containers documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Singularity Data

Data Containers — SingularityCE User Guide 4.4 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

BioContainers

Welcome to BioContainers’s documentation!

protocol / May 16, 2026

wwPDB Formats

wwPDB: File Formats and the PDB

wwPDB extended PDB ID transition guidance page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

wwPDB 12-char IDs

wwPDB: Extended PDB ID With 12 Characters

protocol / May 16, 2026

wwPDB mmCIF Guide

PDBx/mmCIF User Guide (Dictionary Version 5)

protocol / May 16, 2026

mmCIF Dictionary

Dictionary Index mmcif_pdbx.dic

OpenMMTools stable documentation homepage.

protocol / May 16, 2026

OpenMMTools Docs

OpenMMTools — openmmtools documentation

OpenMMTools getting-started tutorial page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

OpenMMTools Start

Getting started tutorial — openmmtools documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

OpenFE Docs

Welcome to OpenFE’s documentation! — OpenFE documentation

OpenFE CLI RBFE tutorial documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

OpenFE RBFE CLI

Binding Free Energies with the OpenFE CLI — OpenFE documentation

OpenFE protocol details documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

OpenFE Protocols

Details of Specific Protocols — OpenFE documentation

MDAnalysis trajectory transformations documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

MDAnalysis Transforms

Trajectory transformations ("on-the-fly" transformations) — MDAnalysis documentation

Biopython Bio.SeqIO API documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Biopython SeqIO

Bio.SeqIO package — Biopython 1.87 documentation

Biopython Bio.AlignIO API documentation page.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Biopython AlignIO

Bio.AlignIO package — Biopython 1.87 documentation

protocol / May 15, 2026

Mol* Home

Mol* Toolkit Homepage

protocol / May 15, 2026

RCSB Mol*

RCSB PDB - 3D View

Biotite API docs for the PyMOL interface.

protocol / May 15, 2026

Biotite PyMOL

biotite.interface.pymol — Biotite

protocol / May 15, 2026

ChimeraX Startup

OpenUSD performance metrics reference page.

protocol / May 15, 2026

OpenUSD Metrics

Performance Metrics — Universal Scene Description 26.05 Documentation

MDAnalysis user guide documentation homepage.

protocol / May 15, 2026

MDAnalysis Guide

Welcome to MDAnalysis User Guide’s documentation!

protocol / May 15, 2026

MDAnalysis Quickstart

Quick start guide — MDAnalysis User Guide documentation

protocol / May 14, 2026

VTK Python API

Python - VTK documentation

protocol / May 11, 2026

Biopython Bio.PDB

Bio.PDB package — Biopython 1.87 documentation

protocol / May 8, 2026

Apptainer Cgroups

Limiting Container Resources — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

Apptainer persistent overlays documentation page.

protocol / May 8, 2026

Apptainer Overlays

Persistent Overlays — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 7, 2026

RDKit 2026.03.2

The RDKit Documentation

protocol / May 4, 2026

MDTraj

MDTraj Documentation

protocol / May 1, 2026

trimesh Docs

trimesh 4.12.2 documentation

protocol / April 30, 2026

NCBI datasets CLI

datasets CLI tool reference

protocol / April 28, 2026

OVITO IO

ovito.io — OVITO Python Reference 3.15.4 documentation

protocol / April 28, 2026

USD Validation

Universal Scene Description: Validation

protocol / April 28, 2026

OpenMM Cookbook

The OpenMM Cookbook & Tutorials — OpenMM Cookbook & Tutorials dev documentation

OpenMM getting-started tutorial documentation page.

protocol / April 28, 2026

OpenMM Start

Getting Started with OpenMM — OpenMM Cookbook & Tutorials dev documentation

protocol / April 28, 2026

OpenMM Alchemical

Alchemical Free Energy Calculations — OpenMM Cookbook & Tutorials dev documentation

Omni Asset Validator documentation page.

protocol / April 27, 2026

Omni Validator

Omni Asset Validator

OpenUSD USDZ file-format specification page.

protocol / April 24, 2026

USDZ Spec

Usdz File Format Specification — Universal Scene Description 26.05 documentation

OpenUSD performance optimization guidance page.

protocol / April 24, 2026

USD MaxPerf

Maximizing USD Performance — Universal Scene Description 26.05 documentation

protocol / April 22, 2026

UsdUtils API

Universal Scene Description: UsdUtils: USD Utilities

RCSB PDB API crash-course slide deck page.

protocol / April 22, 2026

RCSB API Slides

Leveraging RCSB PDB APIs for Bioinformatics Analyses and Machine Learning (Crash Course Slides)

article / April 21, 2026

SPHEREx

protocol / April 18, 2026

Mol* Model Server

Model Server - Mol* Developer Documentation

protocol / April 18, 2026

Mol* Volume Server

How it Works - Mol* Developer Documentation

Mol* Plugin State Server documentation page.

protocol / April 18, 2026

Mol* State Server

Plugin State Server - Mol* Developer Documentation

PDBe REST API endpoint documentation page.

protocol / April 11, 2026

PDBe API Docs

PDBe RESTful API Documentation

HOOMD-blue installation documentation page.

protocol / April 8, 2026

HOOMD Install

Installing binaries - HOOMD-blue 7.0.1 documentation

arXiv page for oxygenated false-positive biosignatures paper.

paper / March 11, 2026

O2 False Positives

Oxygenated False Positive Biosignatures in Mars-like Exoplanet Atmospheres

protocol / March 11, 2026

OpenVDB Docs

OpenVDB

protocol / March 11, 2026

OpenVDB 13.0

OpenVDB: Release Notes

Learn OpenUSD asset validation guide page.

protocol / March 4, 2026

Learn USD Validate

What Is Asset Validation? — Learn OpenUSD

protocol / March 2, 2026

Gemmi 0.7.5

Gemmi 0.7.5 documentation

protocol / February 27, 2026

USD Exchange SDK

Getting Started — OpenUSD Exchange SDK

protocol / February 21, 2026

Blender USDHook

USDHook(bpy_struct) - Blender Python API

protocol / February 17, 2026

Blender Py Quickstart

Quickstart - Blender Python API

Blender as a Python module documentation page.

protocol / February 17, 2026

Blender as bpy

Blender as a Python Module - Blender Python API

Biotite PDBx input/output API documentation page.

protocol / January 23, 2026

Biotite PDBx I/O

biotite.structure.io.pdbx — Biotite

protocol / January 21, 2026

OpenFF Toolkit

Open Force Field Toolkit

OpenUSD content guidelines and requirements documentation page.

protocol / November 11, 2025

USD Requirements

Content Guidelines and Requirements

protocol / October 16, 2025

Molecular Nodes

Molecular Nodes — Blender Extensions

protocol / August 8, 2025

Kaolin Install

Installation — NVIDIA Kaolin Library documentation

PDBe API endpoint migration and breaking-changes notice.

article / July 4, 2025

PDBe API Migration

Unifying PDBe API Endpoints - Breaking Changes to PDBe API

OpenUSD validatorTokens API reference page.

protocol / October 24, 2024

USD Tokens

Universal Scene Description: pxr/usd/usdUtils/validatorTokens.h File Reference

protocol / September 3, 2024

3Dmol.js Docs

3Dmol.js Documentation

protocol / August 28, 2024

Mol* Mesoscale

Mol* Mesoscale Explorer Documentation

Open Babel obabel command-line documentation page.

protocol / December 18, 2023

Open Babel CLI

obabel - Convert, Filter and Manipulate Chemical Data

PyMOL command-line options documentation page.

protocol / May 20, 2021

PyMOL CLI

Command Line Options - PyMOL Wiki

Toolchain network

Atomistic Toolchain Field

Interactive 3D lane linking trajectory parsing, simulation runtime choices, and publication-stage visualization outputs.

Docker Scout Stream

Focuses on quickview/recommendation/policy-remediation loops for container hardening and source-backed runtime checks.

Controls: pointer steers camera, Left/Right or 1/2/3 switch mode, Space toggles motion.

Mode telemetry

Spin 0.54 rad/s

Flow 1.06x

Exposure 1.10

Runtime lattice

Container Runtime Field

Interactive 3D context for Docker, Apptainer, Singularity, and BioContainers execution paths tied to viewer-state reproducibility.

Differentiable 3D lane

Runtime docs for renderer, volumetrics, chemistry, and simulation APIs.

This lane links practical renderer, volumetric, and chemistry documentation surfaces for reproducible 3D and molecular workflows.

119 visible sources / scope all

protocol / May 16, 2026

ASE Docs

Atomic Simulation Environment — ASE documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

PyVista Docs

PyVista — PyVista 0.48.2 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Gemmi CIF

CIF Parser - Gemmi 0.7.5 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Gemmi Mol Models

Macromolecular models - Gemmi 0.7.5 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

PDBFixer

openmm/pdbfixer

protocol / May 16, 2026

Geometry Nodes

Geometry Nodes - Blender 5.1 Manual

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Data State

Data State - Mol* Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Viewer State

Viewer State - Mol* Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

PDBe REST API

PDBe API | Protein Data Bank in Europe

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 4.2 Py API

Python API - Blender Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 4.3 Py API

Python API & Text Editor - Blender Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 4.4 Py API

Python API - Blender Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

rcsb-api Python

rcsb-api - Access RCSB PDB APIs and data from Python

protocol / May 16, 2026

RCSB Download API

File Download Services

protocol / May 16, 2026

RCSB Basic Search

Basic Search - RCSB PDB Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

RCSB Search Examples

Search Examples - RCSB PDB Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

RCSB Search Py

Quickstart — rcsbsearch documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

RCSB Search ReDoc

RCSB PDB Search API Reference Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 4.5 Py API

Python API - Blender Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 5.0 Py API

Python API - Blender Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 5.1 Py API

Python API - Blender Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender 5.2 Py API

Python API - Blender Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Blender Extensions

How to Create Extensions - Blender 5.1 Manual

protocol / May 16, 2026

USD API Front

Usd : Universal Scene Description (Core) — Universal Scene Description 26.05 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

USD Ar

Universal Scene Description: Ar: Asset Resolution

protocol / May 16, 2026

Hydra 2.0 Start

Universal Scene Description: Hydra 2.0 Getting Started Guide

protocol / May 16, 2026

Hydra Scene Browser

Universal Scene Description: Hydra Scene Browser

protocol / May 16, 2026

USD Glossary

USD Terms and Concepts — Universal Scene Description 26.05 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Mol* Instance

Creating Instance - Mol* Developer Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

MolViewSpec

MolViewSpec Documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

NVIDIA CTK

Installing the NVIDIA Container Toolkit — NVIDIA Container Toolkit

protocol / May 16, 2026

NVIDIA CTK Docker

Specialized Configurations with Docker — NVIDIA Container Toolkit

protocol / May 16, 2026

docker run --gpus

docker container run | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Docker BuildKit

BuildKit | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Build Cache Backends

Cache storage backends | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

docker buildx bake

docker buildx bake | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

docker buildx build

docker buildx build | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

imagetools create

docker buildx imagetools create | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Dockerfile Reference

Dockerfile reference | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Docker Cache GHA

GitHub Actions cache | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Docker CI Cache

Cache management with GitHub Actions | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Build Attestations

Build attestations | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

SBOM Attestations

SBOM attestations | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

GHA Attestations

Attestations | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Compose GPU

Run Docker Compose services with GPU access | Docker Docs

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer OCI

Support for Docker and OCI Containers — Apptainer User Guide 1.4 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

apptainer oci CLI

apptainer oci — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer Fakeroot

Fakeroot feature — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer Build

Build a Container — Apptainer User Guide 1.4 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

apptainer build CLI

apptainer build — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

apptainer cfg fakeroot

apptainer config fakeroot — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer OCI Runtime

OCI Runtime Support — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer Registry

OCI Image Registries — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer GPU

GPU and other Device Support — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Singularity GPU

GPU Support (NVIDIA CUDA & AMD ROCm) — SingularityCE User Guide latest documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer Binds

Bind Paths and Mounts — Apptainer User Guide 1.3 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Apptainer Install

Installing Apptainer — Apptainer Admin Guide main documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Singularity Data

Data Containers — SingularityCE User Guide 4.4 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

BioContainers

Welcome to BioContainers’s documentation!

protocol / May 16, 2026

wwPDB Formats

wwPDB: File Formats and the PDB

protocol / May 16, 2026

wwPDB 12-char IDs

wwPDB: Extended PDB ID With 12 Characters

protocol / May 16, 2026

wwPDB mmCIF Guide

PDBx/mmCIF User Guide (Dictionary Version 5)

protocol / May 16, 2026

mmCIF Dictionary

Dictionary Index mmcif_pdbx.dic

protocol / May 16, 2026

OpenMMTools Docs

OpenMMTools — openmmtools documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

OpenMMTools Start

Getting started tutorial — openmmtools documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

OpenFE Docs

Welcome to OpenFE’s documentation! — OpenFE documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

OpenFE RBFE CLI

Binding Free Energies with the OpenFE CLI — OpenFE documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

OpenFE Protocols

Details of Specific Protocols — OpenFE documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

MDAnalysis Transforms

Trajectory transformations ("on-the-fly" transformations) — MDAnalysis documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Biopython SeqIO

Bio.SeqIO package — Biopython 1.87 documentation

protocol / May 16, 2026

Biopython AlignIO

Bio.AlignIO package — Biopython 1.87 documentation

protocol / May 15, 2026

MDAnalysis Guide

Welcome to MDAnalysis User Guide’s documentation!

protocol / May 15, 2026

MDAnalysis Quickstart

Quick start guide — MDAnalysis User Guide documentation

Blender 5.2 LTS USD import/export documentation page.

protocol / May 15, 2026

Blender USD

Universal Scene Description - Blender 5.2 LTS Manual

Blender 5.2 LTS command line arguments documentation page.

protocol / May 15, 2026

Blender Args

Command Line Arguments - Blender 5.2 LTS Manual

protocol / May 14, 2026

VTK Python API

Python - VTK documentation

protocol / May 11, 2026

Biopython Bio.PDB

Bio.PDB package — Biopython 1.87 documentation

protocol / May 8, 2026

Apptainer Cgroups

Limiting Container Resources — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 8, 2026

Apptainer Overlays

Persistent Overlays — Apptainer User Guide main documentation

protocol / May 7, 2026

RDKit Install

Installation — The RDKit 2026.03.2 documentation

protocol / May 5, 2026

GROMACS 2026.2

GROMACS 2026.2 documentation

protocol / May 4, 2026

MDTraj

MDTraj Documentation

protocol / May 1, 2026

trimesh Docs

trimesh 4.12.2 documentation

protocol / April 30, 2026

NCBI datasets CLI

datasets CLI tool reference

protocol / April 28, 2026

USD Validation

Universal Scene Description: Validation

protocol / April 28, 2026

OpenMM Cookbook

The OpenMM Cookbook & Tutorials — OpenMM Cookbook & Tutorials dev documentation

protocol / April 28, 2026

OpenMM Start

Getting Started with OpenMM — OpenMM Cookbook & Tutorials dev documentation

protocol / April 28, 2026

OpenMM Alchemical

Alchemical Free Energy Calculations — OpenMM Cookbook & Tutorials dev documentation

protocol / April 27, 2026

Omni Validator

Omni Asset Validator

protocol / April 24, 2026

UsdPhysics

UsdPhysics: USD Physics Schema

OpenUSD 26.05 toolset documentation page.

protocol / April 24, 2026

USD Toolset

USD Toolset — Universal Scene Description 26.05 documentation

protocol / April 24, 2026

USDZ Spec

Usdz File Format Specification — Universal Scene Description 26.05 documentation

protocol / April 24, 2026

USD MaxPerf

Maximizing USD Performance — Universal Scene Description 26.05 documentation

protocol / April 22, 2026

UsdUtils API

Universal Scene Description: UsdUtils: USD Utilities

protocol / April 22, 2026

RCSB API Slides

Leveraging RCSB PDB APIs for Bioinformatics Analyses and Machine Learning (Crash Course Slides)

protocol / April 18, 2026

Mol* Model Server

Model Server - Mol* Developer Documentation

protocol / April 18, 2026

Mol* Volume Server

How it Works - Mol* Developer Documentation

protocol / April 18, 2026

Mol* State Server

Plugin State Server - Mol* Developer Documentation

protocol / April 11, 2026

PDBe API Docs

PDBe RESTful API Documentation

protocol / April 8, 2026

HOOMD Install

Installing binaries - HOOMD-blue 7.0.1 documentation

protocol / March 21, 2026

OpenMM Py API

OpenMM Python API

NVIDIA Learn OpenUSD usdview installation guide page.

protocol / March 4, 2026

usdview Setup

Installing usdview and Setting Up Python

protocol / March 4, 2026

Learn USD Validate

What Is Asset Validation? — Learn OpenUSD

protocol / March 2, 2026

Gemmi 0.7.5

Gemmi 0.7.5 documentation

protocol / February 27, 2026

USD Exchange SDK

Getting Started — OpenUSD Exchange SDK

protocol / February 21, 2026

Blender USDHook

USDHook(bpy_struct) - Blender Python API

protocol / February 17, 2026

Blender Py Quickstart

Quickstart - Blender Python API

protocol / February 17, 2026

Blender as bpy

Blender as a Python Module - Blender Python API

protocol / January 23, 2026

Biotite PDBx I/O

biotite.structure.io.pdbx — Biotite

protocol / January 14, 2026

PyTorch3D API

Welcome to PyTorch3D’s documentation

protocol / November 11, 2025

USD Requirements

Content Guidelines and Requirements

protocol / October 16, 2025

Molecular Nodes

Molecular Nodes — Blender Extensions

article / July 4, 2025

PDBe API Migration

Unifying PDBe API Endpoints - Breaking Changes to PDBe API

protocol / October 24, 2024

USD Tokens

Universal Scene Description: pxr/usd/usdUtils/validatorTokens.h File Reference

protocol / September 3, 2024

3Dmol.js Docs

3Dmol.js Documentation

protocol / August 28, 2024

Mol* Mesoscale

Mol* Mesoscale Explorer Documentation

protocol / March 28, 2024

PyTorch3D Render

renderer · PyTorch3D

protocol / March 28, 2024

PyTorch3D IO

io · PyTorch3D

protocol / May 20, 2021

PyMOL CLI

Command Line Options - PyMOL Wiki

Research board

Interactive route and source-type navigator

Filter the active highlights by route, category, and source type to inspect where each research lane is visible and what primary documentation types are supporting it.

38 visible highlights

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods5 sources

Atomistic runtime docs now connect trajectory, simulation, and rendering layers more cleanly

MDTraj and ASE documentation, VTK Python API references, HOOMD installation guidance, and PyMOL CLI options now provide a clearer execution lane from molecule/trajectory prep to simulation and visualization runtime choices.

The interface should keep this lane grouped with richer visuals so readers can move quickly from methodological claims into concrete environment and toolchain decisions.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

MDTraj ASE Docs VTK Python API HOOMD Install PyMOL CLI

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods6 sources

Structure-to-mesh workflows now have a clearer reproducible documentation bridge

Gemmi and PDBFixer references now connect directly with PyVista and trimesh docs, plus Molecular Nodes and Blender Geometry Nodes manuals, making it easier to move from biological structure files to interactive and rendered 3D outputs.

The frontend should expose these conversion and visualization steps as a single lane so users can audit method transitions instead of reading disconnected tool pages.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Gemmi 0.7.5 PDBFixer PyVista Docs trimesh Docs Molecular Nodes Geometry Nodes

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods5 sources

OpenUSD exchange docs and wwPDB mmCIF transition guidance now form a clearer interop lane

OpenUSD Exchange SDK setup guidance, Blender Python quickstart references, 3Dmol.js documentation, and wwPDB format-transition pages now give a more explicit bridge from structural-data standards into web and DCC visualization workflows.

The frontend should keep this interoperability lane grouped and searchable so users can inspect standards, runtime setup, and visualization surfaces in one place.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

USD Exchange SDK Blender Py Quickstart 3Dmol.js Docs wwPDB Formats wwPDB 12-char IDs

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods5 sources

USD validation and runtime-gate docs now make pre-publication quality checks more explicit

Omni Asset Validator and OpenUSD requirement docs now pair with Mol* state-server, Blender-as-bpy, and wwPDB mmCIF user guidance to define a clearer quality gate before sharing structure-driven 3D outputs.

The frontend should expose this as an explicit operations lane so users can inspect validation rules, runtime constraints, and serving mechanics before trusting published outputs.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Omni Validator USD Requirements Mol* State Server Blender as bpy wwPDB mmCIF Guide

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods5 sources

USDZ packaging and Mol* serving docs now define a clearer delivery path for large molecular scenes

OpenUSD USDZ specification and performance guidance now pair with Mol* model-server, volume-server, and Mesoscale docs to expose concrete packaging, downsampling, and query-serving assumptions before publishing interactive molecular scenes.

The frontend should surface this as a delivery lane so users can inspect packaging rules, performance constraints, and server-side molecule-delivery mechanics in one flow.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

USDZ Spec USD MaxPerf Mol* Model Server Mol* Volume Server Mol* Mesoscale

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods5 sources

Validation-framework, USDHook, and PDBe API docs now define a clearer extension lane

OpenUSD validation-framework docs and Learn OpenUSD guidance now pair with Blender USDHook API references and PDBe REST API docs, giving a more explicit path for custom import/export behavior and structural-data retrieval inside validation-aware pipelines.

The frontend should expose these docs as one interactive lane so users can inspect validator mechanics, hook extension points, and structure-query surfaces together.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

USD Validation Learn USD Validate Blender USDHook PDBe REST API PDBe API Docs

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods7 sources

UsdUtils internals, Mol* state docs, and PDBe migration guidance now tighten reproducibility lanes

OpenUSD UsdUtils/validator-token references now pair with Mol* data/viewer-state docs, PDBe API migration notes, Blender 4.2 Python API updates, and RCSB's Python client docs, making state serialization and endpoint transitions easier to inspect before automation.

The frontend should surface these references as one stateful lane so readers can review validator internals, viewer state mechanics, and API-migration constraints together.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

UsdUtils API USD Tokens Mol* Data State Mol* Viewer State PDBe API Migration Blender 4.2 Py API rcsb-api Python

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods8 sources

RCSB query docs now provide a clearer lane from exploratory search to reproducible scripted pipelines

RCSB Search API references now pair with Basic Search, Advanced Search examples, file-download-service docs, rcsbsearch Python quickstart, ReDoc reference pages, and current crash-course training material, tightening query reproducibility from interactive exploration into automation.

The frontend should keep this search lane visible so users can inspect how one structure query translates across UI, API, and Python surfaces before downstream molecular modeling work.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

RCSB Search API RCSB Download API RCSB Basic Search RCSB Search Examples RCSB Search Py RCSB Search ReDoc RCSB API Slides rcsb-api Python

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods28 sources

Containerized GPU runtime and viewer-state docs now tighten reproducible molecular 3D execution paths

NVIDIA Container Toolkit install/docker-specialized docs and Docker run/Compose GPU guidance now pair with Apptainer Docker/OCI, oci-cli, fakeroot/config-fakeroot, build, registry, and OCI-runtime references, plus Singularity GPU/data-container docs, BioContainers docs, Mol* plugin-instance + MolViewSpec documentation, Blender extension docs and 4.3/4.4/4.5/5.0/5.1 Python API updates, OpenUSD glossary/API references, and NCBI datasets CLI material.

The frontend should expose this as a dedicated runtime lane so users can inspect GPU/container prerequisites, viewer-state mechanics, and CLI-level reproducibility assumptions together.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods13 sources

Workflow-engine container docs and deeper Hydra/Mol* references now make execution lanes more explicit

Docker Compose build-spec and build-annotation docs now pair with Nextflow/Snakemake container reproducibility guidance, MMseqs2/Foldseek operational references, OpenUSD Hd/UsdRender/UsdShade schema pages plus the current dev Hydra guide, Blender glTF manual coverage, and focused Mol* integrations/query-parameter documentation.

The frontend should expose this as a dedicated operations lane so users can inspect workflow-engine assumptions, scene-graph/render schema boundaries, and browser-viewer state controls in one pass.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Compose Build Spec Build Annotations Nextflow Containers Snakemake Deploy MMseqs2 Wiki Foldseek Wiki Hydra 2.0 Dev Hydra Framework UsdRender UsdShade Blender glTF Mol* Integrations Mol* Query Params

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods10 sources

Scout operations docs, OpenUSD variant authoring, and contact-distance APIs now tighten experiment review loops

Docker Scout quickview/recommendations/policy-view/remediation docs now pair with OpenUSD variant-authoring guidance, Blender for-each geometry zones, MDAnalysis contacts analysis, MDTraj compute_contacts APIs, ChimeraX distance-command docs, and Mol* measurements tips.

The frontend should keep these references contiguous so users can move from supply-chain inspection into scene-state authoring and molecular contact/measurement validation without context switching.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

docker scout quickview scout recommendations Scout Policy View Scout Remediation USD Variants For Each Zone MDAnalysis Contacts MDTraj Contacts ChimeraX distance Mol* Measurements

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods7 sources

Scout policy controls, Repeat Zone docs, and alignment/measurement references now tighten inspectable workflows

Docker Scout policy docs (guide + CLI), Blender Repeat Zone guidance, Biopython pairwise alignment tutorial, MDTraj RMSD API docs, ChimeraX measure-command references, and Mol* mesoscale viewport controls now form a dedicated reproducibility lane.

The frontend should keep this lane adjacent to container/runtime panels so users can audit governance, iterative node behavior, numeric alignment checks, and viewer camera controls in one pass.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Scout Policy docker scout policy Repeat Zone Biopython Pairwise MDTraj RMSD ChimeraX measure Mol* Viewport

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods14 sources

Docker build-check/policy docs and additional OpenUSD schema modules now widen reproducible research controls

Docker build checks/rule references, build-input policy validation, and SLSA provenance guidance now pair with OpenUSD UsdMtlx/UsdSkel/UsdRi/UsdMedia/UsdProc pages, Blender Simulation Zone behavior, MDAnalysis alignment APIs, Mol* display-management docs, Biotite RMSD docs, and ChimeraX select-command references.

The frontend should keep this lane adjacent to runtime docs so users can inspect Dockerfile quality gates, schema expansion boundaries, and selection/alignment semantics before finalizing molecular 3D outputs.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Build Checks Build Check Rules Build Policies SLSA Provenance UsdMtlx UsdSkel UsdRi UsdMedia UsdProc Simulation Zone MDAnalysis Align Mol* Display Biotite RMSD ChimeraX select

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods13 sources

Secure-build docs, OpenUSD schema internals, and molecular-selection references now tighten reproducible 3D research execution

Docker build-secrets, cache-invalidation, and multi-stage references now pair with OpenUSD Sdf/UsdGeom/UsdLux/UsdVol schema pages, ChimeraX user/command usage docs, Biotite structure/superimpose APIs, Mol* selection guidance, and micromamba-docker quickstart patterns.

The frontend should keep this as a contiguous method lane so users can audit credential-safe build paths, schema-level scene semantics, and structure-selection operations before publishing molecular 3D outputs.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Build Secrets Cache Invalidate Multi-stage Builds Sdf Foundations UsdGeom UsdLux UsdVol ChimeraX User Guide ChimeraX usage Biotite Structure Biotite Superimpose Mol* Selections micromamba Docker

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods31 sources

Build attestations, OpenUSD Hydra/Ar internals, and OpenMM/OpenFE protocol docs now form a tighter execution lane

Docker BuildKit, buildx build/imagetools, build/SBOM/GitHub Actions attestations, cache-backend references (including GitHub Actions cache), and Dockerfile docs now pair with OpenUSD Ar/Hydra pages, Apptainer cgroups/persistent-overlays/admin-install docs, OpenMM cookbook/tutorial pages, OpenMMTools docs, OpenFE protocol+CLI tutorials, MDAnalysis trajectory transformations, and Gemmi CIF/macromolecular model references.

The frontend should expose this as one method lane so users can inspect build reproducibility, runtime resource constraints, and molecular simulation protocol setup before treating outputs as stable.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

May 16, 2026Evidence Methods14 sources

Scout CVE/SBOM operations, USD shading tutorials, and hydrogen-bond APIs now form a tighter validation lane

Docker Scout cves/compare/sbom and SBOM how-to docs now pair with Blender node-based-tools and baking guidance, OpenUSD referencing-layers and simple-shading tutorials, MDAnalysis hydrogen-bond analysis, MDTraj compute_distances/baker_hubbard APIs, ChimeraX hbonds command docs, and Mol* quick-styles/url-parameters tips.

The frontend should keep this lane visible so users can inspect supply-chain evidence, scene-authoring semantics, and cross-tool hydrogen-bond/measurement workflows before publishing molecular 3D claims.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

docker scout cves docker scout compare docker scout sbom Scout SBOM How-To GN Tool Nodes GN Baking USD Layer Refs USD Shading Tut MDAnalysis H-Bonds MDTraj Distances MDTraj H-Bonds ChimeraX hbonds Mol* Quick Styles Mol* URL Tips

May 15, 2026Hearings & Archives3 sources

Cross-archive UAP records are becoming easier to audit

National Archives record-group pages and UK archive indexes now make it easier to compare publication paths, holdings scope, and release mechanics across institutions.

The research interface should keep a dedicated archive lane so users can track custody and release pathways instead of relying on detached claim summaries.

/research /sources /library/category/hearingsArchives

NARA RG NARA Libraries UK UFO Files

May 15, 2026Evidence Methods5 sources

Web-native molecular visualization now fits directly into the research operations stack

NGL’s browser-based molecular viewer, Blender’s command-line render workflow, and containerized PyMOL references make it practical to move from structure retrieval to reproducible 3D visual outputs in one pipeline.

The interface should expose tooling references and visual checkpoints next to evidence claims so users can inspect science and execution paths in the same view.

/research /sources /simulations /evidence

NGL API Blender CLI PyMOL Docker OpenUSD OpenMM 8.5

May 15, 2026Evidence Methods7 sources

Structural biology API surfaces are becoming more workflow-ready

NCBI Datasets release notes plus dedicated RCSB Data/Search/download API guides, Bio.PDB API docs, and current mmCIF dictionary-index references now make it easier to build reproducible pipelines for sequence, structure, and metadata retrieval.

The frontend should expose method-tooling lanes next to scientific claims so users can move directly from interpretation to reproducible data pulls.

/research /sources /simulations /evidence

NCBI Datasets RCSB Data API RCSB Search API RCSB Download API Biopython 1.87 Biopython Bio.PDB mmCIF Dictionary

May 15, 2026Life Search4 sources

Pandora and Exoplanet Watch strengthen the transit-characterization feedback loop

Pandora's commissioning period, launch documentation, and the active Exoplanet Watch surface together point to a higher-cadence pipeline for separating stellar variability from planetary atmosphere signals.

Research pages should make mission cadence and re-observation strategy explicit so users can see why repeated measurements matter for biosignature interpretation.

/research /timeline /sources /library/category/lifeSearch

Pandora Mission Pandora Launch Exoplanet Watch Pandora Retrieval

May 15, 2026Evidence Methods9 sources

3D and molecular tooling now gives this research stack a clearer execution path

OpenUSD, OpenMM, MDAnalysis user-guide/quickstart docs, AlphaFold DB, RCSB APIs, and Biopython documentation together define a practical, open workflow for data ingestion, modeling, and visualization.

The frontend should surface this tooling lane with better interaction and visual context so readers can move from claims into reproducible workflows.

/research /sources /simulations /library/category/evidenceMethods

OpenUSD OpenMM 8.5 MDAnalysis 2.10 MDAnalysis Guide MDAnalysis Quickstart AlphaFold API RCSB APIs Biopython 1.87 Biopython Bio.PDB

May 15, 2026Evidence Methods7 sources

Molecular 3D runtime options are now clearer across web viewers, desktop tools, and scene standards

Mol* docs, Biotite PyMOL + PDBx I/O references, ChimeraX startup documentation, and OpenUSD 26.05 performance references now define a practical lane for moving structure data into interactive and rendered 3D review surfaces.

Pages should keep this lane visible with linked visuals so users can jump from scientific claims into concrete viewer/runtime choices and reproducible tooling paths.

/research /sources /simulations /evidence

Mol* Home Mol* Docs Biotite PyMOL Biotite PDBx I/O ChimeraX Startup OpenUSD Metrics OpenUSD

May 15, 2026Life Search4 sources

Open exoplanet archives keep feeding new candidate-validation loops

Discovery Alert updates and ExoMiner++ work show that older Kepler and newer TESS archives still generate high-value candidate planets when revisited with improved analysis.

The atlas should keep archive age and algorithm generation visible, so users can distinguish genuinely new data from new processing of existing data.

/research /timeline /sources /library/category/lifeSearch

Cold Earth ExoMiner++Catalog TESS Sky 2026

May 15, 2026Evidence Methods4 sources

Life-detection planning is shifting from concepts into argument frameworks

NASA's Ladder of Life Detection and the Life Detection Knowledge Base now provide concrete structures for ranking biosignature evidence and tracking false-positive pressure.

The interface should expose biosignature claims with explicit method context so readers can compare confidence tiers instead of reading discovery headlines in isolation.

/research /evidence /sources /simulations

Ladder of Life LDKB Ancient Enzymes PRE False Positives

May 15, 2026Life Search4 sources

SPHEREx era planning is pushing stronger controls against oxygen false positives

NASA’s SPHEREx mission context and new 2026 atmospheric false-positive analysis reinforce that oxygen-bearing spectra need strict geochemical controls before being treated as life evidence.

The research interface should display mission cadence, atmosphere context, and false-positive pathways together so users can inspect why one biosignature claim can map to multiple physical explanations.

/research /timeline /sources /library/category/lifeSearch

SPHEREx O2 False Positives Ladder of Life LDKB

May 15, 2026Evidence Methods6 sources

Differentiable 3D workflows are converging around practical runtime and physics documentation

PyTorch3D renderer/I-O docs, OpenUSD physics schema references, OpenMM Python API material, and updated Blender CLI arguments together define a clearer path from data ingestion to simulation and reproducible visual output.

The interface should keep these runtime docs in an explicit execution lane so users can navigate from a scientific claim to concrete renderer, schema, and simulation implementation steps.

/research /sources /simulations /evidence

PyTorch3D API PyTorch3D Render PyTorch3D IO UsdPhysics OpenMM Py API Blender Args

May 15, 2026Evidence Methods7 sources

Volumetric and cheminformatics tooling docs now connect the molecular lane end to end

OpenVDB docs and release notes, RDKit and OpenFF toolkit references, Blender USD manuals, and RCSB's Mol* 3D-view surface now provide a clearer path from molecule-level processing through volumetric and scene-level visualization.

The interface should expose this lane directly so users can inspect data-shape conversions and renderer/runtime choices without leaving the research context.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

OpenVDB Docs OpenVDB 13.0 RDKit 2026.03.2 RDKit Install OpenFF Toolkit Blender USD RCSB Mol*

May 15, 2026Evidence Methods6 sources

USD CLI, simulation runtimes, and molecular conversion docs now form a clearer execution lane

OpenUSD toolset docs, usdview setup guidance, Kaolin installation references, OVITO I/O APIs, Open Babel CLI docs, and current GROMACS documentation provide a stronger operations map from format conversion to simulation execution.

The interface should keep these docs grouped in a dedicated operations view so users can quickly move from source evidence into concrete toolchain choices and environment constraints.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

USD Toolset usdview Setup Kaolin Install OVITO IO Open Babel CLI GROMACS 2026.2

May 13, 2026Life Search5 sources

TESS keeps turning survey scale into follow-up pressure

NASA's recent TESS material frames the mission as a high-throughput source of confirmed planets and thousands of candidates needing confirmation.

The atlas should separate confirmed planets from candidates and explain why candidate volume is not the same thing as life detection.

/research /timeline /library/category/lifeSearch

TESS Sky 2026 SPARCS First Light TESS Catalog Exoplanets

May 8, 2026Imagery Cases3 sources

AARO's public records surface is becoming a case-file interface

AARO's report-document pages now expose public case packets, mission-report references, and imagery routes instead of only annual-report PDFs.

The web interface should help readers move from headline claims into source packets, not just summarize cases.

/research /sources /library/category/imageryCases

AARO Imagery AARO FOIA AARO Congress

May 5, 2026Evidence Methods3 sources

NASA now frames data and compute as core mission infrastructure

NASA's 2025-2030 data and computing strategy makes reproducibility, shared archives, and modern analysis tooling explicit dependencies for high-quality science output.

The interface should keep source snapshots and method context first-class so users can inspect claims from the same operational data layer as the editorial summaries.

/research /sources /evidence

SMD Data Strategy ExEP Gap List 3I Open Data

April 7, 2026Life Search5 sources

Habitable Worlds Observatory is the future-life-search anchor

NASA's HWO page emphasizes direct study of Earth-like worlds and future observatory capabilities rather than near-term proof claims.

A serious public-facing interface should show the patience and instrument roadmap behind biosignature claims.

/research /timeline /library/habitable-worlds-observatory

HWO HWO Tech 2026 ExEP Gap List Search for Life Potential Biosignature

March 20, 2026SETI & Signals3 sources

3I/ATLAS shows how open archives and fast follow-up now interact

NASA's open-data coverage and the Breakthrough Listen Green Bank paper together show a mature workflow: archive mining, rapid campaign planning, and publication of null-result constraints.

SETI and observatory pages should foreground this pipeline view so users can track method quality, not just outcome headlines.

/research /sources /library/3i-atlas-follow-up

3I Open Data 3I GBT Paper 3I/ATLAS

September 1, 2025Official Record3 sources

Declassification is part of the UAP evidence problem

AARO's declassification paper explains why classified sources can support analysis while still limiting what can be shown publicly.

The interface needs a source-led transparency lane so users understand why absence of public detail is not automatically proof of a hidden conclusion.

/research /sources /library/aaro-declassification-process

AARO Declass AARO FY2024 AARO History

May 13, 2025SETI & Signals3 sources

All-sky monitoring expands the SETI instrument map

New monitoring projects continue shifting technosignature work toward persistent, data-rich search surfaces.

SETI pages should expose observatory infrastructure, null-result value, and open-data workflows alongside famous candidate signals.

/research /simulations /library/category/setiSignals

All-Sky Monitor Breakthrough Listen Technosearch

February 3, 2025Contact Protocols3 sources

Earth-detecting-Earth remains the cleanest contact thought experiment

SETI's Earth-detecting-Earth material helps convert vague contact talk into geometry, observability, leakage, and detection thresholds.

Simulation pages should let users vary distance, cadence, and detectability rather than only read essays.

/research /simulations /lab

Detecting Earth SETI Live Reply Protocol

June 11, 2024Contact Protocols3 sources

A Sign in Space showed why decoding is social as well as technical

The year-long decoding process demonstrated that a simulated extraterrestrial message quickly becomes a public coordination problem.

The contact lab should frame messages as governance artifacts, not just signal strings.

/research /lab /blog/reach-out-lab-a-cautious-outbound-experiment-plan

A Sign in Space Decoded Detection Protocol

September 14, 2023Evidence Methods3 sources

NASA's UAP study still sets the data-quality baseline

NASA's UAP independent study remains useful because it centers data quality, sensor calibration, metadata, and scientific workflow.

The simulator should make weak metadata visibly reduce confidence, even when a case feels interesting.

/research /simulations /library/nasa-uap-study

NASA Report NASA Briefing AARO FY2024

Visual lane explorer

Source clusters for faster workflow inspection

Switch lanes to focus on structural ingest, mesh/runtime operations, Blender-native workflows, or web-and-standards interoperability without losing source traceability.

Active lane

Structure Ingest

Parsing, cleanup, and structure retrieval surfaces

protocol / March 2, 2026

Gemmi 0.7.5

Macromolecular and crystallography parsing APIs for structure-first ingest.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Gemmi CIF

Gemmi CIF/mmCIF parser reference for robust dictionary-aware structural-data ingestion.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Gemmi Mol Models

Gemmi structural model hierarchy docs for chain/residue/atom scripting and transformation workflows.

protocol / May 16, 2026

PDBFixer

Structure cleanup actions before simulation or visualization steps.

protocol / May 15, 2026

RCSB Data API

Programmatic structure and metadata retrieval reference surface.

AlphaFold Protein Structure Database API docs page.

protocol / May 15, 2026

AlphaFold API

Predicted structure metadata and endpoint reference for model intake.

protocol / March 30, 2026

Biopython 1.87

Sequence/structure scripting baseline for ingestion and transformation tasks.

protocol / May 16, 2026

Biopython Pairwise

PairwiseAligner tutorial for reproducible sequence-alignment scoring and gap-model controls.

Research operations

Pipeline view: sources to execution

Switch between mission, tooling, container, and molecular-3D lanes to inspect the current source-backed workflow from discovery through publication.

Active lane items

Showing now

Cadence, observing plans, and validation loops

Pandora

Mission state and observatory context for transit atmosphere campaigns.

May 1, 2026 / NASA Science

Open source

discover / article

Pandora Mission

Mission state and observatory context for transit atmosphere campaigns.

Pandora spacecraft prepared for launch inside payload processing hardware.

validate / article

Pandora Launch

Launch and payload integration details for timing and operations constraints.

model / dataset

Exoplanet Watch

Citizen-science transit observations feeding follow-up planning loops.

publish / paper

Pandora Retrieval

Retrieval-method preprint linking instrument design to interpretability limits.

discover / article

SPHEREx

All-sky spectral-survey mission surface for new atmosphere evidence intake.

validate / paper

O2 False Positives

Published false-positive pressure for oxygen-bearing atmosphere interpretations.

Search updates

Route focus

View mode

Showing 38 of 38 research updates

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

Atomistic runtime docs now connect trajectory, simulation, and rendering layers more cleanly

Interface implication: The interface should keep this lane grouped with richer visuals so readers can move quickly from methodological claims into concrete environment and toolchain decisions.

MDTraj ASE Docs VTK Python API HOOMD Install PyMOL CLI

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

Structure-to-mesh workflows now have a clearer reproducible documentation bridge

Interface implication: The frontend should expose these conversion and visualization steps as a single lane so users can audit method transitions instead of reading disconnected tool pages.

Gemmi 0.7.5 PDBFixer PyVista Docs trimesh Docs Molecular Nodes Geometry Nodes

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

OpenUSD exchange docs and wwPDB mmCIF transition guidance now form a clearer interop lane

Interface implication: The frontend should keep this interoperability lane grouped and searchable so users can inspect standards, runtime setup, and visualization surfaces in one place.

USD Exchange SDK Blender Py Quickstart 3Dmol.js Docs wwPDB Formats wwPDB 12-char IDs

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

USD validation and runtime-gate docs now make pre-publication quality checks more explicit

Interface implication: The frontend should expose this as an explicit operations lane so users can inspect validation rules, runtime constraints, and serving mechanics before trusting published outputs.

Omni Validator USD Requirements Mol* State Server Blender as bpy wwPDB mmCIF Guide

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

USDZ packaging and Mol* serving docs now define a clearer delivery path for large molecular scenes

Interface implication: The frontend should surface this as a delivery lane so users can inspect packaging rules, performance constraints, and server-side molecule-delivery mechanics in one flow.

USDZ Spec USD MaxPerf Mol* Model Server Mol* Volume Server Mol* Mesoscale

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

Validation-framework, USDHook, and PDBe API docs now define a clearer extension lane

Interface implication: The frontend should expose these docs as one interactive lane so users can inspect validator mechanics, hook extension points, and structure-query surfaces together.

USD Validation Learn USD Validate Blender USDHook PDBe REST API PDBe API Docs

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

UsdUtils internals, Mol* state docs, and PDBe migration guidance now tighten reproducibility lanes

Interface implication: The frontend should surface these references as one stateful lane so readers can review validator internals, viewer state mechanics, and API-migration constraints together.

UsdUtils API USD Tokens Mol* Data State Mol* Viewer State PDBe API Migration Blender 4.2 Py API rcsb-api Python

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

RCSB query docs now provide a clearer lane from exploratory search to reproducible scripted pipelines

Interface implication: The frontend should keep this search lane visible so users can inspect how one structure query translates across UI, API, and Python surfaces before downstream molecular modeling work.

RCSB Search API RCSB Download API RCSB Basic Search RCSB Search Examples RCSB Search Py RCSB Search ReDoc RCSB API Slides rcsb-api Python

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

Containerized GPU runtime and viewer-state docs now tighten reproducible molecular 3D execution paths

Interface implication: The frontend should expose this as a dedicated runtime lane so users can inspect GPU/container prerequisites, viewer-state mechanics, and CLI-level reproducibility assumptions together.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

Workflow-engine container docs and deeper Hydra/Mol* references now make execution lanes more explicit

Interface implication: The frontend should expose this as a dedicated operations lane so users can inspect workflow-engine assumptions, scene-graph/render schema boundaries, and browser-viewer state controls in one pass.

Compose Build Spec Build Annotations Nextflow Containers Snakemake Deploy MMseqs2 Wiki Foldseek Wiki Hydra 2.0 Dev Hydra Framework UsdRender UsdShade Blender glTF Mol* Integrations Mol* Query Params

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

Scout operations docs, OpenUSD variant authoring, and contact-distance APIs now tighten experiment review loops

Interface implication: The frontend should keep these references contiguous so users can move from supply-chain inspection into scene-state authoring and molecular contact/measurement validation without context switching.

docker scout quickview scout recommendations Scout Policy View Scout Remediation USD Variants For Each Zone MDAnalysis Contacts MDTraj Contacts ChimeraX distance Mol* Measurements

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

Scout policy controls, Repeat Zone docs, and alignment/measurement references now tighten inspectable workflows

Interface implication: The frontend should keep this lane adjacent to container/runtime panels so users can audit governance, iterative node behavior, numeric alignment checks, and viewer camera controls in one pass.

Scout Policy docker scout policy Repeat Zone Biopython Pairwise MDTraj RMSD ChimeraX measure Mol* Viewport

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

Docker build-check/policy docs and additional OpenUSD schema modules now widen reproducible research controls

Interface implication: The frontend should keep this lane adjacent to runtime docs so users can inspect Dockerfile quality gates, schema expansion boundaries, and selection/alignment semantics before finalizing molecular 3D outputs.

Build Checks Build Check Rules Build Policies SLSA Provenance UsdMtlx UsdSkel UsdRi UsdMedia UsdProc Simulation Zone MDAnalysis Align Mol* Display Biotite RMSD ChimeraX select

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

Secure-build docs, OpenUSD schema internals, and molecular-selection references now tighten reproducible 3D research execution

Interface implication: The frontend should keep this as a contiguous method lane so users can audit credential-safe build paths, schema-level scene semantics, and structure-selection operations before publishing molecular 3D outputs.

Build Secrets Cache Invalidate Multi-stage Builds Sdf Foundations UsdGeom UsdLux UsdVol ChimeraX User Guide ChimeraX usage Biotite Structure Biotite Superimpose Mol* Selections micromamba Docker

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

Build attestations, OpenUSD Hydra/Ar internals, and OpenMM/OpenFE protocol docs now form a tighter execution lane

Interface implication: The frontend should expose this as one method lane so users can inspect build reproducibility, runtime resource constraints, and molecular simulation protocol setup before treating outputs as stable.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 16, 2026

Research operations

Scout CVE/SBOM operations, USD shading tutorials, and hydrogen-bond APIs now form a tighter validation lane

Interface implication: The frontend should keep this lane visible so users can inspect supply-chain evidence, scene-authoring semantics, and cross-tool hydrogen-bond/measurement workflows before publishing molecular 3D claims.

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

The United States National Archives building.

Hearings & ArchivesMay 15, 2026

Archive continuity

Cross-archive UAP records are becoming easier to audit

National Archives record-group pages and UK archive indexes now make it easier to compare publication paths, holdings scope, and release mechanics across institutions.

Interface implication: The research interface should keep a dedicated archive lane so users can track custody and release pathways instead of relying on detached claim summaries.

NARA RG NARA Libraries UK UFO Files

/research /sources /library/category/hearingsArchives

Evidence MethodsMay 15, 2026

Research operations

Web-native molecular visualization now fits directly into the research operations stack

Interface implication: The interface should expose tooling references and visual checkpoints next to evidence claims so users can inspect science and execution paths in the same view.

NGL API Blender CLI PyMOL Docker OpenUSD OpenMM 8.5

/research /sources /simulations /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 15, 2026

Evidence methods

Structural biology API surfaces are becoming more workflow-ready

Interface implication: The frontend should expose method-tooling lanes next to scientific claims so users can move directly from interpretation to reproducible data pulls.

NCBI Datasets RCSB Data API RCSB Search API RCSB Download API Biopython 1.87 Biopython Bio.PDB mmCIF Dictionary

/research /sources /simulations /evidence

Life SearchMay 15, 2026

Life search

Pandora and Exoplanet Watch strengthen the transit-characterization feedback loop

Interface implication: Research pages should make mission cadence and re-observation strategy explicit so users can see why repeated measurements matter for biosignature interpretation.

Pandora Mission Pandora Launch Exoplanet Watch Pandora Retrieval

/research /timeline /sources /library/category/lifeSearch

Evidence MethodsMay 15, 2026

Research operations

3D and molecular tooling now gives this research stack a clearer execution path

Interface implication: The frontend should surface this tooling lane with better interaction and visual context so readers can move from claims into reproducible workflows.

OpenUSD OpenMM 8.5 MDAnalysis 2.10 MDAnalysis Guide MDAnalysis Quickstart AlphaFold API RCSB APIs Biopython 1.87 Biopython Bio.PDB

/research /sources /simulations /library/category/evidenceMethods

Evidence MethodsMay 15, 2026

Research operations

Molecular 3D runtime options are now clearer across web viewers, desktop tools, and scene standards

Interface implication: Pages should keep this lane visible with linked visuals so users can jump from scientific claims into concrete viewer/runtime choices and reproducible tooling paths.

Mol* Home Mol* Docs Biotite PyMOL Biotite PDBx I/O ChimeraX Startup OpenUSD Metrics OpenUSD

/research /sources /simulations /evidence

Artist concept of exoplanet candidate HD 137010 b.

Life SearchMay 15, 2026

Life search

Open exoplanet archives keep feeding new candidate-validation loops

Discovery Alert updates and ExoMiner++ work show that older Kepler and newer TESS archives still generate high-value candidate planets when revisited with improved analysis.

Interface implication: The atlas should keep archive age and algorithm generation visible, so users can distinguish genuinely new data from new processing of existing data.

Cold Earth ExoMiner++Catalog TESS Sky 2026

/research /timeline /sources /library/category/lifeSearch

NASA Ladder of Life Detection framework graphic.

Evidence MethodsMay 15, 2026

Evidence methods

Life-detection planning is shifting from concepts into argument frameworks

NASA's Ladder of Life Detection and the Life Detection Knowledge Base now provide concrete structures for ranking biosignature evidence and tracking false-positive pressure.

Interface implication: The interface should expose biosignature claims with explicit method context so readers can compare confidence tiers instead of reading discovery headlines in isolation.

Ladder of Life LDKB Ancient Enzymes PRE False Positives

/research /evidence /sources /simulations

Life SearchMay 15, 2026

Life search

SPHEREx era planning is pushing stronger controls against oxygen false positives

NASA’s SPHEREx mission context and new 2026 atmospheric false-positive analysis reinforce that oxygen-bearing spectra need strict geochemical controls before being treated as life evidence.

Interface implication: The research interface should display mission cadence, atmosphere context, and false-positive pathways together so users can inspect why one biosignature claim can map to multiple physical explanations.

SPHEREx O2 False Positives Ladder of Life LDKB

/research /timeline /sources /library/category/lifeSearch

Evidence MethodsMay 15, 2026

Research operations

Differentiable 3D workflows are converging around practical runtime and physics documentation

Interface implication: The interface should keep these runtime docs in an explicit execution lane so users can navigate from a scientific claim to concrete renderer, schema, and simulation implementation steps.

PyTorch3D API PyTorch3D Render PyTorch3D IO UsdPhysics OpenMM Py API Blender Args

/research /sources /simulations /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 15, 2026

Research operations

Volumetric and cheminformatics tooling docs now connect the molecular lane end to end

Interface implication: The interface should expose this lane directly so users can inspect data-shape conversions and renderer/runtime choices without leaving the research context.

OpenVDB Docs OpenVDB 13.0 RDKit 2026.03.2 RDKit Install OpenFF Toolkit Blender USD RCSB Mol*

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

Evidence MethodsMay 15, 2026

Research operations

USD CLI, simulation runtimes, and molecular conversion docs now form a clearer execution lane

Interface implication: The interface should keep these docs grouped in a dedicated operations view so users can quickly move from source evidence into concrete toolchain choices and environment constraints.

USD Toolset usdview Setup Kaolin Install OVITO IO Open Babel CLI GROMACS 2026.2

/research /sources /simulations /timeline /evidence

TESS all-sky mosaic with discovered and candidate exoplanets.

Life SearchMay 13, 2026

Life search

TESS keeps turning survey scale into follow-up pressure

NASA's recent TESS material frames the mission as a high-throughput source of confirmed planets and thousands of candidates needing confirmation.

Interface implication: The atlas should separate confirmed planets from candidates and explain why candidate volume is not the same thing as life detection.

TESS Sky 2026 SPARCS First Light TESS Catalog Exoplanets

/research /timeline /library/category/lifeSearch

Imagery CasesMay 8, 2026

Official record

AARO's public records surface is becoming a case-file interface

AARO's report-document pages now expose public case packets, mission-report references, and imagery routes instead of only annual-report PDFs.

Interface implication: The web interface should help readers move from headline claims into source packets, not just summarize cases.

AARO Imagery AARO FOIA AARO Congress

/research /sources /library/category/imageryCases

Evidence MethodsMay 5, 2026

Research operations

NASA now frames data and compute as core mission infrastructure

NASA's 2025-2030 data and computing strategy makes reproducibility, shared archives, and modern analysis tooling explicit dependencies for high-quality science output.

Interface implication: The interface should keep source snapshots and method context first-class so users can inspect claims from the same operational data layer as the editorial summaries.

SMD Data Strategy ExEP Gap List 3I Open Data

/research /sources /evidence

Life SearchApril 7, 2026

Future observatory

Habitable Worlds Observatory is the future-life-search anchor

NASA's HWO page emphasizes direct study of Earth-like worlds and future observatory capabilities rather than near-term proof claims.

Interface implication: A serious public-facing interface should show the patience and instrument roadmap behind biosignature claims.

HWO HWO Tech 2026 ExEP Gap List Search for Life Potential Biosignature

/research /timeline /library/habitable-worlds-observatory

Very Large Array radio telescopes in New Mexico.

SETI & SignalsMarch 20, 2026

Interstellar object

3I/ATLAS shows how open archives and fast follow-up now interact

NASA's open-data coverage and the Breakthrough Listen Green Bank paper together show a mature workflow: archive mining, rapid campaign planning, and publication of null-result constraints.

Interface implication: SETI and observatory pages should foreground this pipeline view so users can track method quality, not just outcome headlines.

3I Open Data 3I GBT Paper 3I/ATLAS

/research /sources /library/3i-atlas-follow-up

Official RecordSeptember 1, 2025

Transparency mechanics

Declassification is part of the UAP evidence problem

AARO's declassification paper explains why classified sources can support analysis while still limiting what can be shown publicly.

Interface implication: The interface needs a source-led transparency lane so users understand why absence of public detail is not automatically proof of a hidden conclusion.

AARO Declass AARO FY2024 AARO History

/research /sources /library/aaro-declassification-process

SETI & SignalsMay 13, 2025

SETI infrastructure

All-sky monitoring expands the SETI instrument map

New monitoring projects continue shifting technosignature work toward persistent, data-rich search surfaces.

Interface implication: SETI pages should expose observatory infrastructure, null-result value, and open-data workflows alongside famous candidate signals.

All-Sky Monitor Breakthrough Listen Technosearch

/research /simulations /library/category/setiSignals

ALMA telescope array under the night sky.

Contact ProtocolsFebruary 3, 2025

Contact modeling

Earth-detecting-Earth remains the cleanest contact thought experiment

SETI's Earth-detecting-Earth material helps convert vague contact talk into geometry, observability, leakage, and detection thresholds.

Interface implication: Simulation pages should let users vary distance, cadence, and detectability rather than only read essays.

Detecting Earth SETI Live Reply Protocol

/research /simulations /lab

Contact ProtocolsJune 11, 2024

Message rehearsal

A Sign in Space showed why decoding is social as well as technical

The year-long decoding process demonstrated that a simulated extraterrestrial message quickly becomes a public coordination problem.

Interface implication: The contact lab should frame messages as governance artifacts, not just signal strings.

A Sign in Space Decoded Detection Protocol

/research /lab /blog/reach-out-lab-a-cautious-outbound-experiment-plan

Evidence MethodsSeptember 14, 2023

Evidence standard

NASA's UAP study still sets the data-quality baseline

NASA's UAP independent study remains useful because it centers data quality, sensor calibration, metadata, and scientific workflow.

Interface implication: The simulator should make weak metadata visibly reduce confidence, even when a case feels interesting.

NASA Report NASA Briefing AARO FY2024

/research /simulations /library/nasa-uap-study