What’s Next in Science
is accelerated discovery
The world has never needed science more than it does today. At IBM Research, we create impact at industrial scale by tackling some of the most pressing questions and challenges across computer science, materials discovery, mathematics, climate change, drug discovery, physical sciences and sustainability. The cutting-edge technologies we are developing will catalyze progress for IBM, our partners, and society.
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IBM and PINQ² unveil utility-scale quantum computer in Québec
NewsKatia Moskvitch- Accelerated Discovery
- Quantum
AI transformers shed light on the brain’s mysterious astrocytes
ResearchKim Martineau- AI
- Foundation Models
- Life Sciences
- Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Science
IBM and NASA open source the largest geospatial AI foundation model on Hugging Face
NewsKim Martineau- Accelerated Discovery
- AI
- Climate
- Distributed Systems
- Foundation Models
- Hybrid Cloud
- Scaling AI
Researchers validate a new class of AI-generated Covid antivirals
NewsKim Martineau- Accelerated Discovery
- AI
- Foundation Models
- Generative AI
- Trustworthy AI
Dick Garwin receives the Vannevar Bush Award in honor of his decades-long career of exceptional service to the nation in science
NewsMike Murphy- Science
AI-Descartes: A framework for automated scientific discovery
Technical note- Accelerated Discovery
- AI
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Radically accelerating discovery to enable our sustainable future
There is a set of worldwide problems at once so daunting and yet so pressing that solutions simply can’t wait. We must accelerate the process of discovery to address this class of systemic challenges in such areas as policy, economic trends, societal decisions, and the natural sciences.