AI enables Microsoft and PNNL to discover new battery material
Microsoft and the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) used a combination of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and AI to zero in on a new material, which can potentially replace Lithium, for a battery in just 80 hours.
“Our collaboration with Microsoft is about making AI accessible to scientists. We see the potential for AI to surface a material or an approach that is unexpected or unconventional, yet worth investigating,” said PNNL’s deputy director for Science and technology Tony Peurrung, in a press release. PNNL conducts research in several areas, such as biology, chemistry, earth sciences, and data sciences.