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US gives AI firm $500 million for electronic-chemical discovery
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (244+ words) Sandbox AQ will look for PFAS alternatives, catalysts, magnets, and battery materials The US Department of Commerce has awarded $500 million to the artificial intelligence software firm Sandbox AQ to screen new chemicals and materials for use in semiconductor manufacturing. Among…...
These graphene experts are trying to close the reproducibility gap in 2 D materials research
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (618+ words) Too much work on graphene and related materials cannot be repeated'a problem that wastes time and holds back commercialization. New rules could help solve it by Mark Peplow, special to C&EN Ever since graphene's debut in 2004, this atom-thin sheet…...
Chemists trap americium in a silver cage
1+ week, 1+ day ago (217+ words) The cage, which acts as a nanoscale tuning knob, reveals a new way to manipulate actinide bonding by Victoria Corless, special to C&EN "The challenge lies in the complex, often unpredictable nature of 5f orbital involvement in bonding," Wang says,…...
The AI Chemist: To be trustworthy, LLMs need to show their work
1+ week, 1+ day ago (248+ words) Good scientists reveal how they do their experiments and report their results; so should any machine-driven research by John Trant, special to C&EN Commentary on issues of enduring interest to the chemistry community, written by experts. Artificial intelligence and…...
Editorial: Are you a simulation? AI and the art of the interview
1+ week, 5+ day ago (631+ words) For science journalism, the source still matters more than the possibilities by C&EN editorial staff Opinion pieces from C&EN staff addressing core issues in chemistry. Today we think of a handshake as a friendly greeting in most cultures....
Google Deep Mind and Sanger Institute form AI genomics consortium
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (108+ words) The collaboration will focus on creating high-quality datasets for AI models Artificial intelligence company Google Deep Mind and Google. org have announced a new partnership with the UK's Wellcome Sanger Institute to build high-quality genomic datasets, which will form the…...
AI firm Apoha launches with machines that feel, taste, and smell
2+ week, 6+ day ago (351+ words) UK start-up's "new kind of Raman' spectroscopy attracts $36 million in funding The London-based start-up Apoha has launched with technology designed to enable machines to simulate feel, taste, and smell and to understand how matter behaves, using data generated in its…...
From academic start-up to multibillion-dollar acquisition
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (451+ words) Christian Hackenberger talks to C&EN about the story behind Tubulis and what his Berlin-based lab is working on next Questions and answers with key voices in the field of chemistry. Hometown: Born in Osnabr'ck, Germany; based in Berlin Favorite…...
Exclusive: Lundbeck taps Cradle for antibody design
3+ week, 1+ day ago (203+ words) Lundbeck scientists will use Cradle's artificial intelligence software for 2 programs The Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck has tapped the artificial intelligence firm Cradle to help develop two antibodies to treat neurological disorders. Scientists at Lundbeck will use Cradle's AI software to…...
Controlling quantum properties with dry ice
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (313+ words) Crystal environment can influence nuclear spin conversion in molecules "We used dry ice and the simplest molecule in the universe: hydrogen," says coauthor Leah Dodson, a chemical physicist at the University of Maryland, College Park. Molecular hydrogen can exist in…...