- Discovery of Bragg Glass Phase: Cornell researchers used machine learning to detect the Bragg glass phase in PdxErTe3, providing concrete evidence for this state previously only theoretically predicted.
- Collaborative Effort: The study, a collaboration between Cornell University, Argonne National Laboratory, and Stanford University, used X-ray diffraction and a novel machine learning tool, X-ray Temperature Clustering (X-TEC).
- Implications for Research: This finding not only solves a long-standing scientific question but also highlights a new research approach in the era of big data, using machine learning to analyze complex phenomena.




