The National Institutes of Health has launched a new experimental tool designed to help scientists better understand how individual research findings connect with the wider body of biomedical evidence.

Called Linked Discoveries, the new tool is being introduced through PubMed and is intended to help researchers explore relationships between scientific studies and identify evidence that may support, challenge or expand existing findings.

The NIH said the tool is part of efforts to improve research replication and reproducibility, important issues in biomedical science. By making connections between published findings easier to explore, researchers may be able to identify related evidence more efficiently.

Linked Discoveries is currently an experimental tool, meaning researchers will continue evaluating how effectively it helps scientists navigate biomedical literature and understand connections across studies.

The launch comes as U.S. health researchers increasingly use digital tools and artificial intelligence-related technologies to organize large volumes of biomedical information. The NIH has also recently announced other initiatives focused on improving research infrastructure and scientific discovery.