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AI Model Crystalyze Cracks the Code of Crystalline Structures

AI Model Crystalyze Cracks the Code of Crystalline Structures

MIT chemists have developed a groundbreaking generative AI model, Crystalyze, that can decipher the complex structures of powdered crystals. This innovation holds immense promise for materials science, enabling researchers to characterize materials for applications ranging from batteries to magnets.

Physicists Capture First Images of Frictionless Flow in Ultracold Atoms

Physicists Capture First Images of Frictionless Flow in Ultracold Atoms

MIT physicists have directly observed edge states in a cloud of ultracold atoms, capturing images of atoms flowing along a boundary without resistance. The results could help physicists manipulate electrons to flow without friction in materials, enabling super-efficient, lossless transmission of ene

Unlocking the Secrets of Magnetism: New Insights into Exotic Particles in Ultrathin Materials

Unlocking the Secrets of Magnetism: New Insights into Exotic Particles in Ultrathin Materials

MIT physicists and colleagues have made significant strides in understanding exotic particles called excitons, which play a crucial role in a unique form of magnetism found in ultrathin materials. Their research, utilizing a powerful instrument at Brookhaven National Laboratory, sheds light on the o

AI Predicts Material Thermal Properties at Lightning Speed

AI Predicts Material Thermal Properties at Lightning Speed

A groundbreaking machine-learning framework developed by researchers at MIT and other institutions can predict how heat moves through materials up to 1,000 times faster than existing AI methods. This advancement could lead to significantly more efficient power generation systems and faster micro ele

Scientists Achieve Record-Setting Electron Mobility in New Crystal Film

Scientists Achieve Record-Setting Electron Mobility in New Crystal Film

Physicists at MIT, the Army Research Lab, and elsewhere have achieved a record-setting level of electron mobility in a thin film of ternary tetradymite, a mineral with potential applications in electronics and spintronics.

Exotic Black Holes Could Be a Byproduct of Dark Matter

Exotic Black Holes Could Be a Byproduct of Dark Matter

MIT physicists have found that the primordial processes that may have formed dark matter would also have produced even smaller black holes with unprecedented amounts of a nuclear physics property known as “color charge.”

Swirling electrons detected in graphene

Swirling electrons detected in graphene

Using a highly sensitive quantum sensor, researchers have directly observed electron vortices forming in micrometer-sized graphene disks, shedding light on the unique fluid-like behavior of electrons in this wonder material.