An agentic artificially intelligent X-ray scientist
Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01261-5 Chen et al. demonstrate an AI X-ray scientist that autonomously aligns single crystals at a real synchrotron beamline, showing how large language models can enable adaptive closed-loop exp
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Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 01 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01261-5 Chen et al. demonstrate an AI X-ray scientist that autonomously aligns single crystals at a real synchrotron beamline, showing how large language models can enable adaptive closed-loop experimentation at large-scale scientific facilities.
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