Claude autonomously finds evidence against claim that mitochondria run 10-15°C hotter
paraschopra · x · 2026-11-11
Paras Chopra gave Claude two rules: make a novel discovery in any field, verifiable with high confidence without lab work. Claude picked cell biology and targeted the widely cited claim that mitochondrial matrix runs 10-15°C hotter than the cytosol (50°C). Its reanalysis of public thermal-proteome data (100,000+ protein measurements) found no heat-adaptation signature in matrix proteins, challenging the classic result.
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