Nobel-winning chemist Omar Yaghi leaves US to lead AI-driven materials research centre at China's Tsinghua University
Nobel Prize-winning chemist Omar Yaghi has left the US to join China's Tsinghua University, where he will lead a new AI-driven research centre focused on transforming the design and synthesis of new materials. The 61-year-old materials scientist aims to use artificial intelligence to dramatically shorten material development cycles and tackle major environmental challenges including water shortages, carbon neutrality, and sustainable development.
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Yaghi said he hoped to develop materials to tackle major environmental challenges such as water shortages, carbon neutrality and sustainable development.
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Yaghi hopes to lead team using AI to create materials to tackle global challenges such as carbon neutrality and water shortages.
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