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El Niño may provide an early warning signal for toxic algae blooms on Lake Erie  

Resolving the first anti-aromatic carbon allotrope

Meet AI-Hilbert, a new algorithm for transforming scientific discovery

Thieme trains IBM RXN for Chemistry with high-quality data

The first atomic-resolution images of extraterrestrial molecules

Computer simulations identify new ways to boost the skin’s natural protectors

Scanning probe microscopy technique could open the door to molecular machines

Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and atomic force microscopy.

Atom and Molecule Manipulation

Defect Analysis and Thermal Effects of Nanolasers and Emitters

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We’re working on automation, information processing, and computation research to complement and extend human performance and advance society.

We're working on groundbreaking research aiming to revolutionize the field of life sciences. We're solving some of the most important issues humanity faces with artificial intelligence, developing novel and unconventional computing structures, as well as mathematical and computational modeling.

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Selectivity in single-molecule reactions by tip-induced redox chemistry

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Meet AI-Hilbert, a new algorithm for transforming scientific discovery

Resolving the first anti-aromatic carbon allotrope

El Niño may provide an early warning signal for toxic algae blooms on Lake Erie

Scanning probe microscopy technique could open the door to molecular machines

Computer simulations identify new ways to boost the skin’s natural protectors

The first atomic-resolution images of extraterrestrial molecules

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Atom and Molecule Manipulation

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MDLab: AI frameworks for Carbon Capture and Battery Materials

On-chip cascadable all-optical polariton transistors

Localised states with Rashba-Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling

Direct Electrical Access to the Spin Manifolds of Individual Lanthanide Atoms

Perovskite nanocrystal self-assemblies in 3D hollow templates

Direct Observation of Fully Spin-Polarized Tunnel Current Between Quantum Spins Using a Single Molecule Sensor

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