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How machine learning is revolutionising materials science

Futurum

Professor Dane Morgan and Dr Ryan Jacobs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US are investigating the opportunities and challenges this advancement poses. As such technologies become increasingly powerful, there is a growing need for MS&E researchers to adapt to use them effectively.

Science 98
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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

Futurum

Professor Jeffrey Catchmark and his team at Pennsylvania State University in the US believe they have one such solution, using common plant-based materials to create sustainable food packaging. The materials also cost less than plastic, require no new equipment, and use existing production technologies.”

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

Stephen Wolfram

And that fall, as a way to focus my efforts, I taught a “Topics in Theoretical Physics” course at Caltech (supposedly for graduate students but actually almost as many professors came too) on what, for want of a better name, I called “non-equilibrium statistical mechanics”. SMP Version 1.0 was ready in mid-1981.

Physics 95