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In this artist’s conception of the process, an automated deposition system places a new material onto a base material (purple beam, right) as the last sample that was made is analyzed and sent to the AI (green beams, brain, left). The AI tells the pulsed laser deposition machine what to do next (data cable, bottom).
Researchers harness AI for autonomous discovery and optimization of materials
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Students acquire skills at Quantum Science Center
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Researchers make ‘green’ floor to replace steel

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Rich Giannone: Solving puzzles through proteins

Rich Giannone uses bioanalytical mass spectrometry to examine proteins, the primary driver in biological systems.

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