Sentences with phrase «predict specific applications»

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Many of these candidates are completely hypothetical, but engineers are already beginning to shortlist those that are worth synthesizing and testing for specific applications by searching through their predicted properties — for example, how well they will work as a conductor or an insulator, whether they will act as a magnet, and how much heat and pressure they can withstand.

But the type of science that instead aims to fill gaps in our understanding of the world — known as «basic» or «foundational» research — doesn't focus on specific applications, like a disease cure or a drought - resistant crop, so no one can predict the real - world impact of any individual line of inquiry.

Formulas are used to calculate user - specific car - insurance rates, sort résumés, assess loan applications, predict recidivism rates, and more.

Includes access to excel applications as well as links to an economist who is able to predict quite accurately medal counts using socio - economic data with no reference to specific athletes.

While Azure customers will be able to fashion their own company - specific applications, DApps from ConsenSys range from EtherPoker and EtherSign (document signing) to HunchGame, which rewards users for accurately predicting celebrity gossip.