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This AI scientist can run an X-ray experiment.

August 7, 2026

Reporting on Bansil Lab research using NEU's Discovery Cluster highlights the very real prospect of self-driving labs.

Read this story about research using NEU's Discovery Cluster housed at the MGHPCC at Northeastern Global News

Publication:

Chen, Z., Petsch, A.N., Israelski, A.J. et al (2026), An agentic artificially intelligent X-ray scientist, Nat Mach Intel, doi: doi.org/10.1038/s42256-026-01261-5

Story Image: The AI scientist acts as an assistant, aligning samples and operating X-ray equipment so researchers can focus on asking big questions and designing experiments. Illustration by Renee Zhang. Credit: Northeastern University Communications

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