In 2024, superconductivity—the flow of electric current with zero resistance—was discovered in three distinct materials. Two instances stretch the textbook understanding of the phenomenon.

Microsoft Research has introduced a powerful new AI system today that generates novel materials with specific desired properties, potentially accelerating the development of better batteries, more ...

Liam Fedus, OpenAI’s VP of research for post-training, is leaving the company to found a materials science AI startup. The Information initially reported Fedus’ plans. In a statement on X ...

Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials scientists study the connections between the underlying ...

Computational strategies for materials generation. Credit: Nature Computational Science (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43588-025-00797-7 ...

Such materials could be used in a variety of devices, from precision machinery to vehicles, which, thanks to lower friction, would be more efficient and less subject to wear.