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Microsoft has used artificial intelligence to identify a new battery material that requires 70% less lithium, potentially revolutionizing the industry. The new battery replaces much of the lithium with sodium and has applications in cars, energy grids, and other areas. This process is a breakthrough in materials science and chemistry.

The technology uses a combination of AI models trained on molecular science data and traditional supercomputers to narrow down 32 million possibilities to 18 candidates that scientists tested in a lab. The speed of AI accelerated the identification of materials, marking a paradigm shift in how science is conducted.

This groundbreaking discovery could have applications in many other areas of materials science and chemistry. The new technology could lead to significant cost savings and make batteries more sustainable by using more sodium, a cheaper and more abundant resource than lithium.



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