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AI models are dreaming up the materials of the future
Better batteries, cleaner bioplastics and more powerful semiconductors await
SCIENTISTS LOOKING to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air cleanly and cheaply have long been interested in metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs: gigantic, sponge-like molecules that can be precisely engineered to capture the gas and then release it on command.
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