to substantially reduce carbon emissions, but car companies are to make batteries. One crucial component, nickel, is as early as the end of this year. Scientists recently discovered four new materials that could potentially help—and what may be even more intriguing is how they found these materials: the researchers relied on artificial intelligence to pick out useful chemicals from a list of more than 300 options. And they are not the only humans turning to A.I. for scientific inspiration.
Article Date
October 28, 2021