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Reliable Material Databases Bridge AI- and Experimental-Led Material Discovery
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (497+ words) Materials databases lie at the heart of future data-driven discovery in energy-related fields, say researchers from Tohoku University. In a new article published in the journal Precision Chemistry, they examined how different types of databases, both computational and experimental, work…...
AI Sheds Light On Ancient Gaming Mystery
2+ week, 5+ day ago (742+ words) For the first time, an international research team has harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) to decode the rules of an ancient board game, pioneering a new way to reveal long-lost historical secrets. By analysing an engraved limestone object from the Roman…...
Statistics That Tell Whole Truth? It's As Easy As ABC
3+ week, 1+ day ago (690+ words) It's said that statistics don't lie, but they often don't tell the whole truth, either. A Cornell statistics expert has come up with a method he believes can boost statistical power and significantly reduce bias " vital for research involving outcomes…...
Accelerating Catalyst Materials Discovery with Large Artificial Intelligence Models
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (510+ words) Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way scientists discover and design new materials. In a specially invited review published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Tohoku University researchers have highlighted how large AI models are redefining catalyst discovery and paving the…...
AI-guided protein design for enhanced intracellular antibodies
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (367+ words) AI-Driven Protein Design: Making Intrabodies Work Inside Cells The method keeps the target-binding regions intact and redesigns the surrounding framework regions. This ensures that the antibodies fold appropriately and stay stable within the cells without compromising their ability to bind…...
3 D Visualization of Internal Defects in Concrete to Help Improve Aging Infrastructure
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (287+ words) An international research team led by Yoshikazu Ohara from Tohoku University's Graduate School of Engineering, in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States, has made it possible to visualize hidden defects inside aging concrete infrastructure in 3 D,…...
Research: Data management consuming a quarter of geoprofessionals" time as AI adoption surges
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (544+ words) Geoprofessionals spend a quarter of their time managing data and are increasingly turning to AI, reveals new Seequent survey Mining and civil geoprofessionals rate data management as highly/critically important but face big challenges unlocking value from complex datasets CHRISTCHURCH,…...
Study Sheds Light on the Function of a Key Antibiotic-Producing Enzyme
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (472+ words) Macrolides are an important class of antibiotics that includes drugs such as azithromycin and erythromycin, which are widely used to treat a range of infections, including pneumonia and skin infections. A defining feature of their biochemistry is a large ring…...
Cat DRX: a novel AI model for discovery of chemical catalysts
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (261+ words) Cat DRX: An AI-Powered Model for Catalyst Discovery "What makes Cat DRX different is how it learns. Instead of only focusing on the catalyst structure, it also considers the entire reaction environment," explains lead author, Ohue. "One key strength of…...