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Data Mining Used to Create New Materials

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the looking-forward-to-red-kryptonite dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "MIT researchers have successfully integrated data mining tools and modern methods of quantum mechanics. They've designed software which can help predict the crystal structures of materials. To simplify, they say they've used methods used by online sales sites to suggest books to customers. And it seems to work: they claim they can determine in days the properties of atomic structures that might have taken months before. Read more for additional references and pictures."

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  1. About damn time-A Joyous noise. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "its about time someone did something worthwhile with datamining ... i'm so sick of everything datamining is used for being big brother/1984 related."

    That's just because the cynic grabs all the attention. Datamining has been used for years, by the fortune 500, and you don't hear much about that.

  2. Lame name. by Inoshiro · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "The second I'll call "intelligent observation"."

    You know, most people would call it statistics (in this example, using a mathematical model to predict results), or the scientific method (in general, observing repeatable events).

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