Machine learning workflow enables faster, more reliable organic crystal structure prediction

Prediction of crystal structures of organic molecules is a critical task in many industries, especially in pharmaceuticals ...
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An AI-Driven Design Framework for Programmable Material Systems

Programmable material systems are emerging architectural structures but the co-design of structure, material, and external stimuli present grand challenges. A team with Northwestern Engineering’s Wei ...
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High-temperature composite 3D printing facilitates design, manufacture of deployable space structures

Opterus’ carbon fiber composite booms, like the one shown here, are designed with high strain composites that allow them to fold up for compact storage on a spacecraft. In space, the boom will be ...
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KS2 Design and Technology skills: How to make a structure stronger

How can we make our structures stronger – so they don’t fall over? We could give our structures strong foundations. Like Isabel here. She's building her tower wide and thick at the bottom. Nice work, ...