China recruited a Nobel chemist to lead an AI materials institute.
Nature reports that Omar Yaghi left the United States for a full-time role at Tsinghua University, where he will lead a new AI-assisted materials-discovery institute.
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Nature reports that Omar Yaghi left the United States for a full-time role at Tsinghua University, where he will lead a new AI-assisted materials-discovery institute.
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One move does not establish a broad talent exodus, and Yaghi already had ties to Tsinghua. But the appointment lands amid U.S. science-funding cuts and active international recruitment of U.S.-based researchers.
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Lab staffing, funding, publication and patent output, cross-border collaboration rules, and whether other senior researchers make comparable moves.
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