Google Deepmind Is Using AI To Build A Better Fusion Reactor

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at stealthily building humanoid robots, a way to triple wheat production and more.

Google’s DeepMind and CFS are building an AI plasma control system for nuclear fusion

Google LLC’s DeepMind research unit is partnering with the nuclear fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC to see if ...

Atom-swapping blueprint could streamline synthesis of pharmaceutical building blocks

Researchers from NUS have pioneered a photocatalytic atom-swapping transformation that converts oxetanes into a variety of four-membered saturated cyclic molecules, which are key scaffolds in ...
Nanowerk

Atom-scale stencil patterns help nanoparticles take new shapes and learn new tricks (w/video)

Researchers developed a method to pattern gold nanoparticles with atomic precision, creating patchy particles with new shapes ...
The Cool Down

Government lab makes key breakthrough that could revolutionize future nuclear power plants: 'Doesn't have to look like the past'

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using 3D printing to create polymer forms for the thick concrete shields ...

Framework models light-matter interactions in nonlinear optical microscopy to determine atomic structure

Materials scientists can learn a lot about a sample material by shooting lasers at it. With nonlinear optical microscopy—a ...

Atom-scale stencil patterns help nanoparticles take new shapes and learn new tricks

Inspired by an artist's stencils, researchers have developed atomic-level precision patterning on nanoparticle surfaces, ...

Scientists Find Secret Atomic Patterns in Common Metals, Challenging Decades of Theory

MIT researchers found that a hidden atomic order can persist in metals even after they undergo extreme processing. For ...