Reading up on materials-science
2 deep · digging since feb 16
- Nature Is Our Learning Environment – Periodic Labs
Periodic Labs trained Periodic Neon on in-house lab data via midtraining and RL, achieving a 55.3% success rate on FrontierXRD—a 20x improvement over Kimi K2.6—at lower cost than frontier models like GPT-6 Astra and Claude Fable 5.1, with gains from a scientific harness and LLM-judge rewards.
- These Unsinkable Tubes Could Help Harvest Energy From the Ocean - The New York Times
A new perpetual-floating aluminum tube design traps air bubbles, enabling durable energy-harvesting platforms in harsh ocean environments.