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Diffusing the Periodic Table: How Hierarchy Fixes Molecular AI

A molecule can fail for a very small reason. Not a grand theoretical reason. Not because the model lacks a cinematic vision of drug discovery. Sometimes the failure is an aromatic nitrogen that should carry hydrogen but does not. Sometimes it is a formal charge that disappears because the token vocabulary decided that “nitrogen” was enough detail. Chemistry, unfortunately, does not reward this sort of minimalism. ...

February 20, 2026 · 15 min · Zelina