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title: Successful Application of Machine Learning in The Discovery of New Polymers
description: A group of researchers from Tokyo has demonstrated that their method of machine learning, which involves “transfer learning,” can identify materials with desired properties even from an exceeding small data set.
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# [Successful Application of Machine Learning in The Discovery of New Polymers](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/successful-application-of-machine-learning-in-the-discovery-of-new-polymers)

 Written by [Jeff Hopkins](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/author/jeff-hopkins) | 10/14/19 4:00 PM

A group of researchers from Tokyo has demonstrated that their method of machine learning, which involves “transfer learning,” can **identify materials with desired properties** even from an exceeding small data set.

[Read the full article on* Phys.org *→](https://phys.org/news/2019-07-successful-application-machine-discovery-polymers.html)

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