C&EN

Reactions: Some history on models of the atomic nucleus

I read with great interest the article by Katherine Bourzac “Divining the Mysteries of the Atomic Nucleus” in the Jan. 29, 2024, issue of C&EN (page 30). Curious readers might like to know that an ...
Nature

Enhancing transferability of machine learning-based polarizability models in condensed-phase systems via atomic polarizability constraint

Accurate prediction of molecular polarizability is essential for understanding electrical, optical, and dielectric properties of materials. Traditional quantum mechanical (QM) methods, though precise ...
Nature

Unprecedented robustness of physics-informed atomic energy models at and beyond room temperature

Machine-learned potentials (MLPs) have become widely adopted alternatives to traditional electronic structure and molecular mechanics methods. However, despite excelling on fixed test sets, most MLPs ...
The New York Times

Exploring Atomic Bomb History Beyond Los Alamos

The Atomic Museum in Las Vegas explains to visitors that Nevada and other states also played a role — for better or worse — in the creation of nuclear energy. By Michael Janofsky Reporting from Las ...