Claude Science brings the lab to the agent

anthropic launched claude science, a new ai workspace designed to help scientists analyze literature, run multi-step analyses, and draft manuscripts without moving sensitive data off-site. the app runs locally on macos or linux and connects to hpc clusters via ssh, integrating 60 preconfigured tools and nvidia's bionemo agent toolkit which features models like evo 2 and openfold3. available in beta for pro and enterprise users, the tool includes a verification agent to check citations and calculations automatically. anthropic is also offering up to $30,000 in credits for 50 research projects to drive adoption. this move highlights how frontier ai labs are pivoting from general chatbots to specialized, agentic workflows that secure high-value enterprise and academic customers.