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How machine learning is revolutionising materials science

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The robot age Like all scientific fields, MS&E inevitably includes tedious and time-consuming tasks, such as mixing hundreds of combinations of different elements to test their properties. Increasingly, robots are being developed that can perform these tasks, saving researchers a lot of time, effort and human and financial capital. “ML

Science 98
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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

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“Biological engineers are engineering life. In some cases, this means genetically engineering a microbe or plant and, in others, can mean engineering a food production process, a sustainable wastewater system, or a robotic limb that connects to a person’s brain. This goes hand in hand with ethical thinking.

Biology 84
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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture?

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. • If you are interested in the biomedical applications of control engineering, it will be useful to study chemistry and biology. • At university, control engineering is taught within general undergraduate engineering degrees, such as electrical, mechanical, aerospace and chemical engineering.