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New AI System ATOMIC Revolutionizes Material Sorting Accuracy

10/29/2025

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Duke University researchers led by Haozhe Wang introduced ATOMIC, an AI-driven system for autonomous microscopy that sorts materials with up to 99.4% accuracy under challenging imaging conditions.
ATOMIC uses zero-shot learning to reduce the need for extensive training datasets.
The system automates repetitive tasks.
The work signals a shift in scientific methods by merging human insight with AI efficiency, with applications in 2D material characterization.

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Duke University researchers led by Haozhe Wang introduced ATOMIC, an AI-driven system for autonomous microscopy that sorts materials with up to 99.4% accuracy under challenging imaging conditions.
ATOMIC uses zero-shot learning to reduce the need for extensive training datasets.
The system automates repetitive tasks.
The work signals a shift in scientific methods by merging human insight with AI efficiency, with applications in 2D material characterization.