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# AI news: Science & math, page 5

204 events in Science & math of 1,141 in the log, newest first. Page 5 of 5, 50 events per page, grouped by the day each event happened.

## Monday 30 November 2020

- [AlphaFold 2 solves protein structure prediction at CASP14](https://postcutoff.com/e/2020-11-30-alphafold-2/) (Science & math; DeepMind; historic). The clearest case of AI producing a major scientific breakthrough; used by millions of researchers and recognized with a Nobel Prize. Source: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology/

## Wednesday 8 July 2020

- [Liverpool's mobile robot chemist runs 688 experiments in 8 days and finds a 6× better photocatalyst](https://postcutoff.com/e/2020-07-08-mobile-robotic-chemist/) (Science & math; University of Liverpool). It is a landmark for self-driving laboratories, the physical half of the "AI scientist" vision. Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2442-2

## Thursday 20 February 2020

- [Deep learning discovers halicin, a structurally new broad-spectrum antibiotic](https://postcutoff.com/e/2020-02-20-halicin-ai-antibiotic/) (Science & math; MIT, Broad Institute; major). It launched the modern field of AI antibiotic discovery at a time of stalled antibiotic pipelines. Source: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)30102-1

## Sunday 2 December 2018

- [AlphaFold (v1) tops the CASP13 protein-structure prediction assessment](https://postcutoff.com/e/2018-12-02-alphafold-1-casp13/) (Science & math; DeepMind; major). Marked AI's entry into a grand challenge of biology and set up the 2020 AlphaFold 2 breakthrough. Source: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1923-7

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