This article is taken from the monthly Sciences et Avenir n°935, dated January 2025.

Artificial intelligence should significantly accelerate the discovery of materials for a wide variety of applications, from solar panels to bio-based polymers and hydrogen production. An automated laboratory was able to test a hundred samples per day and generate dozens of previously unknown materials.

It contains an interview with Marco Saitta, director of the Artificial Intelligence in Materials Sciences research group (CNRS).