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Machine learning glasses

Artificial neural networks now allow the dynamics of supercooled liquids to be predicted from their structure alone in an unprecedented way, thus providing a powerful new tool to study the physics of the glass transition.

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Biroli, G. Machine learning glasses. Nat. Phys. 16, 373–374 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-0873-1

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