A sweeter future? AI helps scientists discover new sugar substitutes

Researchers combined machine learning with molecular docking to screen over 50 million chemical compounds. They identified 92 potential sweeteners that avoid predicted bitter properties. The workflow narrows vast chemical spaces into candidate sets for laboratory testing.

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