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How can first-year STEM university students be better supported?

Futurum

At the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg in the US, biologists Barbara Barnhart and Dr Olivia Long are using their Science Seminar programme to ease this transition for first year students studying biology, chemistry and biochemistry degrees. Be open to constructive criticism and actively listen to other perspectives.

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How can smart contact lenses monitor and treat eye conditions?

Futurum

They developed a ‘peeling technique’, whereby the electronic components are constructed on conventional fabrication substrates that can withstand high temperatures and corrosive chemicals but can then be thinly peeled off and transferred elsewhere. At school, study maths, physics, biology and chemistry.

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Robotics and Computer Science for Elementary Level Learners

User Generated Education

Our vision is that every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science, just like biology, chemistry or algebra. ® is a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to computer science, and increasing participation by women and underrepresented minorities. https://code.org/about. v=a2LIR4TEiaI.

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The Story Continues: Announcing Version 14 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica

Stephen Wolfram

Then for each function (or other construct in the language) there are pages that explain the function, with extensive examples. One new construct added in Version 13.1 —and And now there’s a way to specify that, using Threaded : In a sense, Threaded is part of a new wave of symbolic constructs that have “ambient effects” on lists.

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What can stars reveal about galaxies and what can cultures reveal about stars?

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Raja was part of the team that created the first ever digital photo mosaic of the Andromeda galaxy, constructed by stitching together 57 images taken by a ground-based telescope. I liked all kinds of science when I was at school – biology, chemistry, physics. SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT A COLLISION WITH ANDROMEDA?

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Can AI Solve Science?

Stephen Wolfram

A lot of science—and technology—has been constructed specifically around computationally reducible phenomena. In 2000 I was interested in what the simplest possible axiom system for logic (Boolean algebra) might be. Once again, I had no idea this was “out there”, and certainly I would never have been able to construct it myself.

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Expression Evaluation and Fundamental Physics

Stephen Wolfram

And if we treat these as equivalent and merge them we now get: (The question of “state equivalence” is a subtle one, that ultimately depends on the operation of the observer, and how the observer constructs their perception of what’s going on. It’s a new kind of fundamentally multiway construct.

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