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Milad Abolhasani

Aug 6, 2026

AI-Powered Laboratories Are Changing the Future of Discovery

Five questions with Alcoa Professor Milad Abolhasani.
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Aug 6, 2026

Tangled Seaweed Inspires One-Size-Fits-All Cleaners for Ocean Microplastics

Inspired by naturally-occurring mats and balls of seaweed, researchers have created highly-porous, superadhesive meshes that are capable of capturing both large and small microplastic particles – a longstanding challenge in…
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Jul 24, 2026

Abolhasani Selected for Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2026 Symposium

Milad Abolhasani is one of 74 engineering faculty selected to participate in the Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2026 Symposium, one of the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) signature activities.…
SPEED's robots coordinating AI-driven synthesis and characterization of small molecules

Jul 24, 2026

NC State To Lead National Effort To Accelerate Chemistry, Materials Research

North Carolina State University has been awarded a four-year, $20 million award from the National Science Foundation to leverage advances in artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous labs to accelerate the…
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Jul 21, 2026

Scientists Are Getting Better at Predicting Which DNA Sequences Bind to Each Other. AI is Helping.

Professor Albert Keung and his colleagues have demonstrated a novel AI model that can predict which DNA molecules bind with which other DNA molecules. Providing a more thorough understanding of…
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Jun 30, 2026

Meet the 2025 James K. Ferrell Awardees

Recent Ph.D. graduates Sina Jamalzadegan and Sobhana Sripada have been selected as the winner and honorable mention recipients, respectively, of the 2025 James K. Ferrell Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate Award.  The…