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The brain power behind sustainable AI

PhD student Miranda Schwacke explores how computing inspired by the human brain can fuel energy-efficient artificial intelligence.

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AI system learns from many types of scientific information and runs experiments to discover new materials

The new “CRESt” platform could help find solutions to real-world energy problems that have plagued the materials science and engineering community for decades.

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With SCIGEN, researchers can steer AI models to create materials with exotic properties for applications like quantum computing.

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AI and machine learning for engineering design

Popular mechanical engineering course applies machine learning and AI theory to real-world engineering design.

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The simulations matched results from an underground lab experiment in Switzerland, suggesting modeling could be used to validate the safety of nuclear disposal sites.

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A new international collaboration unites MIT and maritime industry leaders to develop nuclear propulsion technologies, alternative fuels, data-powered strategies for operation, and more.

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New computational chemistry techniques accelerate the prediction of molecules and materials

With their recently-developed neural network architecture, MIT researchers can wring more information out of electronic structure calculations.

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Unlocking the hidden power of boiling — for energy, space, and beyond

Associate Professor Matteo Bucci’s research sheds new light on an ancient process, to improve the efficiency of heat transfer in many industrial systems.

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Nanoscale transistors could enable more efficient electronics

Researchers are leveraging quantum mechanical properties to overcome the limits of silicon semiconductor technology.

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AI method radically speeds predictions of materials’ thermal properties

The approach could help engineers design more efficient energy-conversion systems and faster microelectronic devices, reducing waste heat.

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