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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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Scientific model — a conceptual or mathematical representation of a real-world phenomenon that allows scientists to study the phenomenon in more detail. Software — a set of instructions, scripts or programmes that are used to operate computers and perform specific tasks. What is research computing? billion lightyears.

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Examining the extremely small

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Nanoscience has applications in all fields of science: physicists can determine the structure of atoms, biologists can observe the structure of molecules, materials scientists can control the properties of new materials and computer engineers can develop faster electronics.