Researchers have developed a digital laboratory (dLab) system that fully automates the material synthesis and structural, physical property evaluation of thin-film samples. With dLab, the team can ...

FLUID, an open-source, 3D-printed robot, offers an affordable and customizable solution for automated material synthesis, making advanced research accessible to more scientists. A team of researchers ...

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have developed AI-driven mobile robots that can carry out chemical synthesis research with axtraordinairy efficiency. In a study publishing in the journal ...

A robotic arm made of metal and plastic moves a sample in a laboratory setting. Robotic laboratories driven by artificial intelligence algorithms could speed up materials discovery. Researchers have ...

A research team has successfully developed a technology that utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) to predict the synthesizability of novel materials and interpret the basis for such predictions. The ...

Researchers in Korea have developed a technology that automatically identifies the necessary precursor materials to synthesize specific target materials. A joint research team led by Senior Researcher ...

The Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural sciences, health sciences, applied sciences and social sciences, according to their ...

In a significant step forward for sustainable robotics, a fully 3D-printed autonomous logistics robot has been unveiled by a European tech collaboration. The off-road robot—manufactured entirely from ...

Imagine a Pt-Ni nanoparticle that can split water into hydrogen and oxygen with remarkable efficiency, or a perovskite quantum dot that emits bright light with minimal energy loss. For such ...