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Nobel Chemist Joins China’s AI Materials Push | California News
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Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi is making headlines by leaving UC Berkeley to lead a new AI-driven materials institute at Tsinghua University in Beijing—aiming to revolutionize how we design materials using artificial intelligence. Known for his pioneering work on metal-organic frameworks that could capture carbon or extract water from the air, Yaghi’s research has been likened to Hermione Granger’s magical bag. His move reflects a broader trend of China courting top U.S. scientists amid shrinking U.S. research funding. With his company Atoco preparing to launch atmospheric water harvesting tech later this year, Yaghi continues to turn science fiction into real-world innovation—driven by a lifelong belief in global knowledge exchange.
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