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How do bacteria help and harm crops?

Futurum

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers internships in different aspects of agricultural research: www.usda.gov/youth/career Meet Jong When I was younger, I was interested in natural sciences , including physics, biology, astronomy and geology. These interests and concerns led me to study plant pathology.

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

Futurum

Because computational methods originated in the natural sciences, some disciplines, such as chemistry and physics, have lots of research software at their disposal. Modelling and simulations are often required for complex problems, such as climate change, and are employed by government agencies. Scientific imaging in physics.

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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

In 1845 Kelvin (as we’ll call him) had spent some time in Paris (primarily at at a lab that was measuring properties of steam for the French government), and there he’d learned about Carnot’s work from Clapeyron’s paper (at first he couldn’t get a copy of Carnot’s actual book). But first we have to go back a bit in the story.

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