{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f/5b007e04-5c19-4111-938b-19c71ead409a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"04 July 2019: Machine learning in materials science, and sand’s sustainability","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f3b71a8cbe675f3cedcb/61b9f40a77010000158181ff.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>This week, using an algorithm to find properties in materials science, and the global consequences of sand-mining.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>00:47 Predicting properties</strong></p><p>A word-association algorithm is reading millions of abstracts to discover new properties of materials.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Research article:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1335-8\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Tshitoyan et al.</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>News and Views:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01978-x\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Text mining facilitates materials discovery</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>08:28 Research Highlights</strong></p><p>Tiny robot-jellyfish, and genome mutation hot-spots.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Research Article:</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10549-7\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Multi-functional soft-bodied jellyfish-like swimming</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>Research Highlight:</em><a href=\"http:\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How DNA ‘hotspots’ snarl the search for cancer genes</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>10:48 Sand under strain</strong></p><p>Researchers warn that the mining of sand is unsustainable.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Comment:</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02042-4\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Time is running out for sand</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>15:44 News Chat</strong></p><p>The results of a bullying survey, and the spread of microbial disease through opioid use.&nbsp;</p><p><em>News:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02052-2\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Germany’s prestigious Max Planck Society conducts huge bullying survey</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>News:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02019-3\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The US opioid epidemic is driving a spike in infectious diseases</em></a></p>","author_name":"Springer Nature Limited"}