Crystal-hunting DeepMind AI could help discover new wonder materials

A crystal structure predicted by the GNoME AI. It contains barium (blue), niobium (white) and oxygen (green). An artificial intelligence created by Google DeepMind may help revolutionise materials science, providing new ways to make better batteries, solar panels, computer chips and many more vital technologies. "Anytime somebody wants to improve their technology, it inevitably includes improving the materials," says Ekin Dogus Cubuk at DeepMind. "We just wanted them to have more options."