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Dow turns to AI to accelerate chemical search

CIO Business Intelligence

For chemists, finding just the right molecule for a particular application can be like searching for a needle in a haystack. With several million compounds to choose from, chemists often must resort to intuition when trying to solve complex problems around chemical processes.

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Embedded software development for IoT applications

Dataconomy

Whether you are an end-user wanting access or control over products and services, or a manufacturer wishing to build better technology systems faster than before – one key component remains essential: embedded software development. For up-to-date reference on embedded software development best practices, you can go for N-ix resources.

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Microsoft gives developers a new method for estimating quantum computing needs

GeekWire

Microsoft has an app for that — and now developers around the world can have it, too. It’s a software tool that was originally developed for Microsoft’s internal use. But she pointed out that it’ll also take years to gain a deep understanding of the applications for quantum computing.

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Seattle clean tech startup lands $1.4M for eco-friendly soy-based suds for shampoos, detergents

GeekWire

The tech: Sironix has developed a suite of surfactants, which are the chemicals that make shampoo foamy and lifts oily stains out of fabrics. Toxic tailwinds: Sironix’s surfactants can replace similar chemicals made from fossil fuels, including ingredients that can be contaminated with 1,4-dioxane, a likely carcinogen.

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Washington state researchers get $2M grant to invent better ways of recycling plastic trash

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Hongfei Lin, associate professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State University. The project includes research into technologies for taking mixed plastic waste and using a chemical process for breaking the plastics into their building-block monomers that can be put to other uses.

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The UW’s Institute for Protein Design keeps boosting startups, fueling AI-powered science

GeekWire

RELATED: AI is boosting drug discovery and development — and sparking questions about proprietary data The pace of IPD research took off in 2021 with the release of RoseTTAFold, the institution’s open-access rival to DeepMind’s protein structure prediction tool AlphaFold. Published Oct. 16 in Nature Materials. Published Sept.

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Zeno demonstrates an innovative type of radioisotope heat source for off-grid power

GeekWire

Zeno’s design could generate more power with less bulk, opening the way for a wider range of applications. The work at PNNL involved radioactive and non-radioactive activities, including chemical processing and fuel fabrication, materials handling and heat source characterization. and in Seattle.

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