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How machine learning is revolutionising materials science

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Dane notes that there are few undergraduate courses specific to MS&E but says that as well as materials science, courses in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry or physics are often relevant. • For the growing ML aspects of the field, backgrounds in computing, coding and mathematics are helpful.

Science 98
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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

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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. Parisa Nazemi Ashani PhD Graduate Assistant I pursued a PhD in biological engineering after studying chemical engineering and working on biofuels.

Biology 84
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A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

And I spent much of the summer of 1972 writing my own (unseen by anyone else for 30+ years) Concise Directory of Physics that included a rather stiff page about energy, mentioning entropy—along with the heat death of the universe. For a couple of months I didn’t look seriously at the book.

Physics 95