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New AI robot sets records in chemical synthesis

New AI robot sets records in chemical synthesis

A group of chemists at the University of Amsterdam has developed an autonomous chemical synthesis robot called RoboChem that can outperform human chemists in terms of speed, accuracy, and ingenuity. The robot is equipped with an AI-based machine learning unit that enables it to optimize reaction conditions, identify new molecules, and even reproduce previously published […]

Scientists have tied the strongest knot in history using only 54 atoms

Scientists have tied the strongest knot in history using only 54 atoms

Scientists have tied the smallest and tightest knot in history — their shamrock knot contains only 54 atoms. In 2020, chemists in China were able to create a chain of 69 atoms that intersected three times to form a shamrock knot with no free ends. Now, researchers from the University of Western Ontario in Canada […]