AI tools for scientific research

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Discover tools for clearer figures, smarter literature exploration and better data workflows. With a researcher's perspective on what to check.

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Chemical engineering · Materials · Food science
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Scientific figures

FigPad

Turn a scientific idea into a visual draft for a graphical abstract, diagram or presentation.

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Literature discovery

Consensus

Search and explore published research to find studies relevant to your question.

Research papersEvidence search
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Data analysis

Julius

Explore spreadsheets in plain language and use AI assistance for data tasks and reports.

SpreadsheetsData workflows
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A closer look

FigPad for
scientific figures.

A useful place to explore conceptual diagrams when you already know the story your figure needs to tell.

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What it offers

FigPad's documentation describes figure drafting from text, sketches and reference images, editing support, and PNG, SVG and PPTX exports.

What to check

Review scientific fidelity, label accuracy and export editability. Compare the total correction time with your usual workflow.

Copy a spray-drying example prompt

Create a conceptual graphical abstract of spray-drying encapsulation. Show an aqueous feed with dissolved wall material and dispersed oil droplets, atomization into a drying chamber, water evaporation, and collection of dry microparticles. Use a white background, clear arrows and readable English labels. Mark the particle cross-section as schematic. Do not invent temperatures, efficiencies, particle sizes or experimental results.

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Consensus Literature discovery

Consensus describes itself as an AI search engine for academic papers. A useful trial would compare its results for a question in your field with the papers you already know, then inspect the original sources and search coverage.

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Julius Data analysis

Julius lists spreadsheet analysis and report generation among its functions. Evaluate it with a non-confidential dataset whose expected results you know. Check missing values, model assumptions and reproducibility before using output in a paper.

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Meet the curator

Hugo Lisboa

Chemical engineer, PhD in Materials Engineering, university professor and industrial consultant.

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