Google DeepMind — Description: GNoME (Graph Networks for Materials Exploration) identified 380,000 stable inorganic crystal structures (2023), expanding the known stable materials catalog roughly 10x
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- GNoME (Graph Networks for Materials Exploration) identified 380,000 stable inorganic crystal structures (2023), expanding the known stable materials catalog roughly 10x
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- November 2023
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- Merchant et al., Nature 2023
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1 src · 1 checkNoteThe claim states GNoME identified '380,000 stable inorganic crystal structures' and expanded the catalog '10x'. The source confirms 381,000 new entries on the updated convex hull (very close to 380,000, within rounding), and confirms the 'order-of-magnitude expansion' (approximately 10x). However, there is a subtle distinction: the source describes 381,000 as 'new entries' added to the convex hull (bringing the total to 421,000), not 380,000 as the total discovered. The claim's phrasing 'identified 380,000 stable inorganic crystal structures' could be interpreted as the new discoveries (381,000 ≈ 380,000, confirmed) or as a total count (which would be 421,000, contradicted). The 10x expansion is confirmed ('order-of-magnitude expansion' from ~48,000 to 421,000 ≈ 8.8x, which rounds to ~10x). The claim is substantially accurate but slightly imprecise in distinguishing between new discoveries (381,000) and total stable crystals (421,000).