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Artificial intelligence (AI) simply means intelligence in machines, in contrast to natural intelligence found in humans and other natural organisms. Machine learning involves systems that automatically learn from the data they analyze and the results they obtain to improve their ability to work with that data in the future.

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Tomorrow's innovations will come from autonomous labs that slash discovery time, and SLAC's facilities are taking the lead in a new collaboration with Stanford...

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Announced by the DOE today, the funded project will explore the use of Super Intelligence to accelerate our understanding of a process central to...

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A SLAC-Stanford team developed a new way to precisely measure just how much energy has dissipated into heat in an electrical system – and...

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A novel neural network will make it easier to store and retrieve the massive amounts of raw data coming from experiments across scientific fields.

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In a SLAC-led study, four laboratories collaborated to ensure reproducibility in AI training data to predict new catalysts for future fuel production.

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Researchers from the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center join USC in a project to help secure the U.S. supply of critical minerals.

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The lab’s contributions to the national AI initiative are bolstered by its breakthrough scientific tools, unprecedented data and unique partnerships that help illuminate nature...

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Their strategy revealed new details that open the door to designing proteins with powerful abilities that could ultimately benefit medicine and manufacturing. 

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SLAC researchers and collaborators trained a neural network that can use ion momentum to work backward and predict the pre-blast geometry of a molecule.

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SLAC and Stanford researchers have developed a breakthrough technique that quantifies energy dissipation in complex, small systems, offering insights into energy use, efficiency, and...

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Derek Mendez and Xueli “Sherry” Zheng aim to accelerate drug discovery and improve energy storage.

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SLAC experts discuss how microelectronics impacts our lives and where the future lies in this Q&A.

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