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New Materials Could Keep Electrons Moving in Tiny Chips

Professor James Rondinelli collaborated with IBM to help turn simulations into potential practical chip designs.

Hard-to-synthesize materials revived using AI: An LLM-based materials redesign technology

A research team led by Prof. Yousung Jung of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University (SNU) has developed an innovative AI-based technology that uses large ...
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First Practical Smart Material Could Propel Use of Tissue-Penetrating Light in Medical Diagnostics

A smart polymer developed by UC San Diego scientists can disassemble when hit by low-power near-infrared light, opening the door to new imaging techniques. (Image courtesy of American Chemical Society ...
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Carbon Capture Could Become Practical with Scalable, Affordable Materials

Atmospheric CO2 continues to increase and, despite considerable worldwide efforts to cut down on carbon waste, is expected to rise more in coming decades. Researchers demonstrated that new, lower-cost ...