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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

Futurum

His team began its research with the end goal of creating a sustainable and practical alternative to plastic packaging. But our research won’t stop there. The team will be investigating how to manufacture the plant-based packaging using fewer resources and chemicals, less energy, and with an eye on any other socio-ecological impacts.

Biology 84
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The Story Continues: Announcing Version 14 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica

Stephen Wolfram

we’ve been steadily delivering the fruits of our research and development in.1 And, yes, our Wolfram U operation is now emerging as a significant educational entity, with many thousands of students at any given time. of Wolfram Language and Mathematica. Over the two years since we released Version 13.0 1 releases every six months.

Computer 102
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A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

The year before, for example, at the Nobel Symposium conference in Sweden, a French physicist named Uriel Frisch had been summarizing the state of turbulence research. I think Yves Pomeau already had a theoretical argument for this, but as far as I was concerned, it was (at least at first) just a “next thing to try”.

Physics 95