Evidence-grounded discovery across specialized archives
Google finds pages.
We find the evidence inside them.
Explore three preserved demonstrations of how New Science Archives can connect ideas across rare, specialized collections—and show the original sources behind every answer.
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Not another web search engine
New Science Archives searches curated collections that can include private, off-web, and unpublished material that Google cannot index—alongside relevant historical documents already available online. Its advantage is not simply finding pages, but synthesizing evidence across collections and showing exactly where each finding came from.
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Choose a research question
Select any question to reveal its preserved answer and source trail. Your searches will be listed in your private dashboard for later review and will not be made public.
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Private archive access
The next release will provide one secure login for searching the text archive and working with the Archivist assistant.
Planned first release
Member login
- Search the indexed text collection
- Review source-linked results
- Work with the Archivist AI assistant
Status: Account enrollment will open after security and search testing are complete.
Collection owners
Archivist intake paused
- No public applications are being accepted
- No archive uploads are enabled
- Future intake will require a security and rights review
No public account creation, payment, or archive intake is active.
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What the full system will do
- 1Search selected archives
Begin with more than 19,000 indexed records from collections chosen for their depth, provenance, and specialist value—with the potential to expand rapidly toward 300,000 records or more by launch.
- 2Read across documents
Surface passages and relationships that keyword lists alone can miss.
- 3Answer with evidence
Return a concise synthesis with direct links back to the underlying material.
Future expansion ideas
From an archive to a digital campus
New Science Archives could grow into a place people enter much like a university: to explore libraries and collections, learn in classrooms, meet other researchers, and work with intelligent guides.
Possible additions include personal avatars, classrooms, libraries, specialized collections, meeting and chat rooms, and AI research companions.
Explore the future vision