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Broadening access to Skala creates a faster path to predictive DFT.

By Sebastian Ehlert, Stefano Battaglia, Thijs Vogels, Jan Hermann, Jens Wehner, Giulia Luise, Klaas Giesbertz, Chin-Wei Huang, Aaron Kaplan, Kate Milton, Stephanie Marisa Lanius, Derk Kooi, P. Bernát Szabó, Gregor Simm, Rianne van den Berg, Paola Gori Giorgi

Published 20 Aug 2026

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Microsoft Research released Skala 1.1, an updated deep-learning exchange-correlation functional, with greater accuracy and expanded accessibility across the computational chemistry ecosystem.

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Skala 1.1, the updated deep-learning exchange-correlation functional from Microsoft Research, provides greater accuracy, expanded accessibility across the computational chemistry ecosystem, and a living benchmark to track computational performance. The post Broadening access to Skala creates a faster path to predictive DFT appeared first on Microsoft Research .

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