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Dow turns to AI to accelerate chemical search

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With several million compounds to choose from, chemists often must resort to intuition when trying to solve complex problems around chemical processes. US multinational Dow Chemical was working with a pulp and paper manufacturer to improve inefficiencies in its chemical process with a goal of producing a better, safer pulp yield.

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Your future shrimp meal could come from Atarraya’s farming technology

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Atarraya , creator of Shrimpbox, a sustainable “plug-and-play” shrimp farming technology, is swimming to the surface after being in stealth mode since 2019. We wanted to make the shrimp business more sustainable and more efficient without destroying the environment,” Russek said. “We million in Series A dollars, and a new U.S.

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The era of software-defined battery startups is here

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Designing and manufacturing pouches, slabs or cylinders filled with volatile chemicals that are capable of recharging ever more quickly is far from easy. Enter artificial intelligence. “Batteries are hard,” an expert once said. He wasn’t kidding. It gets even harder when you consider the realm of possibilities.

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How Women in Tech are rising to the new challenges

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For Namrita, Chief Digital Officer of Aditya Birla Chemicals, Filaments and Insulators, the challenge is integrating legacy wares with digital tools like IoT, AI, and cloud platforms. Additionally, these CIOs have also seen the growing assent for sustainable practices.

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Aramco’s Prosperity7 powers AI drug firm Insilico’s $95M round

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. “Prosperity7 inspired us to look into sustainable chemistry,” said Zhavoronkov. The same technology can also be applied to find novel and useful molecules for sustainable chemistry, an emerging area to which Aramco has devoted much effort, the founder explained.

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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

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In this conversation with Foundry, Kopal dives deep into her career progression, the challenges of marrying manufacturing with digitization and WABTEC’s commitment to sustainability. What does sustainability look like for WABTEC ? Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation, Internet of Things

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AgBiome lands $166M for safer crop protection technology

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We want to feed the world responsibly, and these products have the ability to substitute for synthetic chemicals and provide growers a way to protect their crops, especially as consumers want natural, sustainable tools,” he added.