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A-Lab autonomous synthesis, with corrected outcomes

Contribution grade

Autonomous materials synthesis · Scoped scientific or research-capability contribution

Reference score7,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

A-Lab combined source-derived recipes, machine learning, active learning and robotics for inorganic synthesis. The corrected article reports 36 compounds realized from 57 targets during a 17-day campaign.

Scientific scope

A-Lab combined source-derived recipes, machine learning, active learning and robotics for inorganic synthesis. The corrected article reports 36 compounds realized from 57 targets during a 17-day campaign. Scope limitation: The January 2026 correction narrowed the outcome and clarified that new to the prediction platform does not mean new to science. Reanalysis retained 36 of 40 reported successes and found four inconclusive. WRS records this correction without claiming an independent synthesis or diffraction review.

Evidence

Assessment uses the catalogue-linked source evidence for the stated contribution. The January 2026 correction narrowed the outcome and clarified that new to the prediction platform does not mean new to science. Reanalysis retained 36 of 40 reported successes and found four inconclusive. WRS records this correction without claiming an independent synthesis or diffraction review.

Contributors

Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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