Sparking Scientific Creativity via LLM-Driven Interdisciplinary Inspiration

Sparking Scientific Creativity via LLM-Driven Interdisciplinary Inspiration introduces Idea-Catalyst, a framework targeting research brainstorming by retrieving analogous concepts from external disciplines. It empirically improves average novelty by 21% and insightfulness by 16%, tested across 200 research questions. This is faster than the runner-up method for ideation, producing results in under 30 seconds. A practical tool with real potential for AI-assisted discovery.