Finding Game-Changing Superconductors with Machine Learning Tools
University of California San DiegoSuperconductors - found in MRI machines, nuclear fusion reactors and magnetic-levitation trains - work by conducting electricity with no resistance at temperatures near absolute zero, or -459.67F. The search for a conventional superconductor that can function at room temperature has been ongoing for roughly a century, but research has sped up dramatically in the last decade because of new advances in machine learning (ML) using supercomputers such as Expanse at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego.