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New project takes aim at theory-experiment gap in materials data

02 Feb 2026 Margaret Harris
Venn diagram showing the overlap between different types of data. The circle representing crystal structure and diffraction is overlapped with circles labelled nonlinear optical, topological crystals, topological phoon, and single crystals growth. Circles labelled
Core challenge: A Venn diagram illustrating the relationships and overlap between different types of data in the MaterialsGalaxy platform. The heterogeneity of these data necessitate a robust strategy for combining them. (Courtesy: Tiannian Zhu et al. 2025 Chinese Phys B 34 120702)
Condensed-matter physics and materials science have a silo problem. Although researchers in these fi

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