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OCTOBER 23, 2019

This placed the responsibility for learning on the students, using teacher-prescribed methods, even though decades of research screamed that lots of kids perform better with images than pages filled with black-and-white text. ” Kudos to their ability to achieve that goal. Futures Channel.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Forest ecologists research how plants respond to environmental challenges and how they die. Research into how forests work and how they change is rewarding because it addresses the needs of humanity, as well as the needs of flora and fauna.” What research opportunities await future forest scientists?

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

While it is obvious how sight is involved in reading, research has also uncovered the important roles of hearing and touch. In goal-based training, individuals set their own goals associated with reading and we design activities to help them achieve them.” Our eyes, ears and touch systems all play important roles in reading.”

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MARCH 14, 2023

Many governments around the world are putting a lot of faith in EVs to help them reach their climate targets. This means that testing different predictions and scenarios can be done rapidly, and better characterisation of the orebodies can be achieved. The team behind the Loop project is made up mainly of researchers and developers.

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STEM Sport

JUNE 27, 2023

Analytical Chemist The Role: Analytical Chemists use their knowledge of chemistry, instrumentation, computers, and statistics to solve problems in almost all areas of chemistry. They conduct complex research projects and may isolate, analyze, and synthesize proteins, enzymes, DNA, and other molecules.

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MAY 3, 2023

This is with good reason: science and research careers are vital to the UK and a global society, helping to develop technologies and our understanding of the world around us. Lessons from SHAPE form the cornerstone of governance, culture and community. SHAPE subjects are, in fact, just as vital to society as STEM.

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APRIL 27, 2022

The outbreak had devastating consequences for Malaysia’s economy as the government had to pay over US$500 million in compensation to farmers who lost their jobs and livestock. These results are incredibly promising, and researchers can now consider how vaccines could be used to prevent and control future NiV outbreaks.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

In Uganda, one of the least developed countries in the world, his team found that the absence of government support meant that the orthopaedic workshops in government-run hospitals were typically under-supplied with the equipment and materials they needed. FIELD OF RESEARCH: Rehabilitation Technologies (Mechanical Engineering).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Just look at past Nobel Prize winners in Medicine or Chemistry and the breakdown of those winners by gender or race or nationality; the numbers are way off. Not only does our industry rely on a highly educated workforce, but biotechnology will also better achieve its full potential with a scientifically literate population.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

Through the HumaniSE Lab’s research, it has become increasingly apparent to the team that a more inclusive approach to software design is needed. Field of research : Software engineering. Research project : Developing accessible software for diverse end users. Funder : Australian Research Council.

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MAY 25, 2022

A unique team of early-career researchers from the University of Exeter and the University of Bristol in the UK is addressing this concern through environmental tests and direct engagement with farmers. We wanted our research to develop from our discussions with farmers and stakeholders,” says Andy. GLOSSARY. THE RISKS OF FUNGICIDES.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

In his research project, ReconAMOC (Reconstructing the AMOC), Professor David Thornalley of University College London has been studying the AMOC using samples of ocean floor mud to understand how this system has varied in the past and how it may be affected by climate change in the future. FIELD OF RESEARCH : Ocean and Climate Science.

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MAY 16, 2022

Dr Julie Bastarache is physician-scientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, working in a hospital as a medical doctor alongside working in a lab, researching the medical issues she encounters while on the ward. Julie describes her research methods as a ‘bedside to bench’ approach. FROM BEDSIDE TO BENCH.

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APRIL 12, 2023

I also teach GIS and data science classes, all with a geophysical component, and conduct research in these topics. I started studying chemistry because it seemed like something I would be able to get a job in. I used GIS a lot for my PhD research to map wetlands and how they were changing through time.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

Mathematics and government decision-making. Using powerful predictive models, mathematicians can provide quantitative solutions which can influence government policies. For example, mathematics has been essential to the modelling of COVID-19 for directing government decisions on non-pharmaceutical interventions such as lockdowns.

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MAY 31, 2023

However, this does not stop committed researchers like Professor Lucinda Black and her team from taking on the challenge. How can researchers study the links between diet and MS? Research can help us understand how diet contributes to people getting MS and, after a diagnosis of MS, how diet might affect the severity of the disease.

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MAY 12, 2022

His research focuses on 2D materials, such as graphene, and he is now exploring other materials for next generation electronics. So says Alexander Vera, a member of Professor Joshua Robinson’s research team based at The Pennsylvania State University. FIELDS OF RESEARCH: Materials Science, Engineering. Published: May 12, 2022.

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APRIL 25, 2023

At the University of Pittsburgh in the US, Dr Jill Demirci is researching why antenatal milk expression is becoming increasingly popular and whether this technique might improve breastfeeding post-birth. What is Jill’s research looking at? Jill is also interested in pursuing more community-driven research in lactation.

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APRIL 5, 2022

Led by Professor Mariana Rufino at Lancaster University , UK, an international team of researchers, including Dr Joseph Hitimana at the University of Kabianga in Kenya, is working with Kenyan farmers to find solutions to this problem. PROJECT REDEAL: CONNECTING SCIENCE WITH COMMUNITIES. A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH.

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The Blog of Phyz

JANUARY 18, 2022

The astronaut could finally achieve their dream of floating in space. The Zero G Research Facility at the Glenn Research Center has a 132 m evacuated drop tower that allows for 5.18 There are many research questions that can be answered in 5.18 The term "zero-g" is more commonly used by NASA and other space researchers.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

And indeed particularly in chemistry and engineering it’s often been in the background, justifying all the computations routinely done using entropy. But, first and foremost, the story of the Second Law is the story of a great intellectual achievement of the mid-19th century. But first we have to go back a bit in the story.

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Stephen Wolfram

MAY 16, 2022

My stated goal at the beginning of A New Kind of Science was to go beyond the mathematical paradigm, and that’s exactly what was achieved. All of these ideas rest on what was achieved in A New Kind of Science but now go significantly beyond it. In traditional chemistry, things like this generally aren’t “observed”.

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Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

In 2015 Ed told me a nice story about his time at Caltech: In 1952–53, I was a student in Linus Pauling’s class where he lectured Freshman Chemistry at Caltech. He ended up spending time working various jobs to support himself, didn’t do much homework, and by his sophomore year—before having to pick a major—dropped out.

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Stephen Wolfram

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The year before, for example, at the Nobel Symposium conference in Sweden, a French physicist named Uriel Frisch had been summarizing the state of turbulence research. Apparently he’d called around various government contacts to help encourage open (international) sharing of scientific code, quoting this as a test case.

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Stephen Wolfram

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

But there’s really just one principle that governs all these things: that whatever method we have to prepare or analyze states of a system is somehow computationally bounded. We’ve been talking about a demon that’s trying to “achieve something fairly simple”, like maintaining a barrier or a “one-way membrane”. How do we achieve this?

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

In the early 1990s, I was doing my doctoral research in Lesotho, Southern Africa. This was when South Africa was transitioning from the Apartheid system (based on racial segregation and run by an all-white government) to a democratic republic. It was both an exciting and challenging time to be in this part of the world.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

At Futurum, we work with researchers and academics from all disciplines to create classroom resources for schools. Each article explains the researcher’s work in a clear and engaging way and provides advice for students interested in pursuing a career in the field. Look no further!

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