Artificial intelligence (AI) is anything but new, but the past year has seen the discipline gain significant traction, spearheaded by the launch of Open AI’s generative AI platform, ChatGPT, in November 2022.
The waste plastics value chain is complex and dynamic. The negative image of plastics is becoming increasingly global, driving the need for new legislation to increase recycling and the development of higher value applications for recyclate. Read the comment by Elizabeth Carroll, Recycling & Sustainability Consultant, AMI Consulting.
With just 3% of the Earth’s water available as freshwater, desalination technologies allow us to get the water we need from inexhaustible, salty seawater. But relying on desalination could create new problems, XiaoZhi Lim reports
A low-power sensor that uses AI techniques to detect formaldehyde in real time has been developed at the University of Cambridge, UK (Science, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adk6856).
The latest business digest for C&I Issue 3 2024 with all the latest mergers and acquisitions in the chemical industry.
While the news is full of stories about the impact of AI on manufacturing and finance, for example the concept cryptocurrency, some researchers are looking to use the technology to delve into the origins of life on Earth – a subject that has exercised many researchers over the decades.