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.
The fastest path to progress
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Our work
IBM and NASA are building an AI foundation model for weather and climate
NewsKim Martineau- Accelerated Discovery
- AI
- Climate
- Foundation Models
Foundation models for addressing climate change
ResearchKim Martineau- Accelerated Discovery
- AI
- Climate
- Foundation Models
Resolving the first anti-aromatic carbon allotrope
Technical noteLeo Gross- Materials Discovery
- Physical Sciences
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
- Open Source
- Scaling 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.