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Nobel-Winning U.S. Chemist Will Move to China to Lead A.I. Institute (www.nytimes.com)

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Omar Yaghi of the University of California, Berkeley, will head an initiative to apply artificial intelligence to the discovery of new materials.

He received his Nobel Prize for helping discover a world of chemistry in which molecular building blocks are assembled into structures that possess vast internal surface areas — the largest of any known substance. His porous structures can act like sponges that readily absorb, store and release gases and vapors.

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[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

The /s was for anyone that thought I might believe this is a good thing, I've spent long enough on the internet to know there's at least one