Department of Energy's Genesis Mission selects Tulane team using AI to discover next-generation superconductors
For more than a century, scientists have searched for superconductors that could one day make the nation’s electrical grid more efficient, improve MRIs and other medical imaging technologies, and advance quantum computing. But discovering new superconductors has long been one of the field’s biggest challenges, often requiring years of laboratory experiments and trial and error.
Now, a Tulane University-led research team is working to dramatically accelerate the search for next-generation superconductors — materials that allow electrical currents to flow without resistance, eliminating energy lost as heat.
Tulane was among the teams selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive Phase I proof-of-concept funding through the Genesis Mission, a national initiative to harness AI for breakthroughs in energy dominance, discovery science and national security. The announcement was made July 22 at the Genesis Mission Summit in Washington, D.C.
