Nobel-Winning U.S. Chemist Will Move to China to Lead A.I. Institute (www.nytimes.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 09 Jul 23:17
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Omar Yaghi of the University of California, Berkeley, will head an initiative to apply artificial intelligence to the discovery of new materials.

He received his Nobel Prize for helping discover a world of chemistry in which molecular building blocks are assembled into structures that possess vast internal surface areas — the largest of any known substance. His porous structures can act like sponges that readily absorb, store and release gases and vapors.

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barbaramen@lemmy.world on 10 Jul 03:43 collapse

Fits in with another somewhat recent move from NW.

Nobel prize, and generally this idea of worshipping individuals instead of the teams they build on is so out of date. Same with the idea of professorships being filled or life.

Science needs to start chopping down this hierarchical thinking and stop this “rockstar” worship.