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10-Apr-2025

New AI tool set to speed quest for advanced superconductors

Emory University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using artificial intelligence shortens the time to identify complex quantum phases in materials from months to minutes, finds a new study published in Newton. The breakthrough could significantly speed up research into quantum materials, particularly low-dimensional superconductors.

Journal: Newton
Funder: Air Force Office of Scientific Research, DOE/US Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation, Yale University

8-Apr-2025

Researchers watch a single catalytic grain do work in real time

Washington State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new way to watch catalytic reactions happen at the molecular level in real time could lead to better fundamental understanding and planning of the important reactions used in countless manufacturing processes every day.

Journal: Angewandte Chemie
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

7-Apr-2025

Chatbot opens computational chemistry to nonexperts

Emory University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A web platform developed at Emory University uses a chatbot to enable any chemist — including undergraduate chemistry majors — to configure and execute complex quantum mechanical simulations through chatting.

Journal: Chemical Science
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation

3-Apr-2025

Researchers’ 3D-printing formula may transform future of foam

University of Texas at Dallas
Peer-Reviewed Publication

From seat cushions to mattresses to insulation, foam is everywhere — even if we don’t always see it. Now, researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have fused chemistry with technology to create a 3D-printed foam that is more durable and more recyclable than the polymer foam found in many everyday products.

Journal: RSC Applied Polymers
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, DOE/US Department of Energy, Welch Foundation