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Damo Academy unveils an AI agent able to discover superconductors

Alibaba's Damo Academy has introduced the first AI agent for discovering superconducting materials, called Elements Claw. It identified four new superconductors confirmed in lab experiments, screening millions of crystal structures in hours.

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  • Damo Academy's AI agent Elements Claw discovered four new superconducting materials confirmed in lab tests.
  • The tool screened 2.4 million crystal structures in 28 hours, identifying 68,000 candidates before narrowing down.
  • It uses a billion-parameter model trained on 125 million molecular and crystal structures.
  • The framework could be extended to discover materials for batteries, catalysts, and thermoelectrics.

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