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Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi joins China's Tsinghua University to lead AI materials research

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Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi has moved from the US to China to lead a new AI-driven research center at Tsinghua University. His team will focus on using artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery and synthesis of novel materials aimed at addressing global challenges like carbon neutrality and water scarcity. Yaghi also intends to train young scientists in the field of AI-driven chemistry. AI

IMPACT Accelerates AI-driven materials discovery for global environmental challenges.

RANK_REASON A Nobel Prize winner moving to lead a new research center focused on AI applications in materials science. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi joins China's Tsinghua University to lead AI materials research

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Ling Xin ·

    Nobel-winning materials scientist Omar Yaghi joins China’s Tsinghua University from the US

    Omar Yaghi, the winner of last year’s Nobel Prize for chemistry, has left the United States to lead a new AI-driven research centre at China’s Tsinghua University. The 61-year-old materials scientist will head a team working on ways artificial intelligence (AI) can transform the …

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