Nature Communications (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72765-2"> Experimental setup: Yellow) Syringe pumps. White) Bespoke micromixer. Gray) Tee junction. Orange) Heated flow reactor. Red) Reactor temperature controller. Blue) Flow cells. Purple) Light sources including UV-vis and LED. Green) Spectrometers. Credit: Nature Communications (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72765-2

A new autonomous laboratory recently navigated through billions of potential material synthesis recipes to identify brighter, lead-free light-emitting nanomaterials in just 12 hours. The work could accelerate development of safer light-emitting nanoplatelets for use in applications ranging from photodetectors to the production of fuel from solar energy.…