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Why This College Student Created a Coloring Book to Celebrate Black Women in STEM

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Especially for youngsters diving headlong into computer programming with an organization like Black Girls Code. The idea came to Asemota, who is in her final semester as a biomolecular science major with a computer science minor, during the doldrums of pandemic lockdown isolation in 2020. It was in high school freshman year.

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Plugging in: directly linking the brain to a computer

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Plugging in: directly linking the brain to a computer. Published: Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) link the brain directly to external computers, allowing users to do something just by thinking it. TALK LIKE A … COMPUTER SCIENTIST. Brains and computers share lots of similarities. How do BCIs work?

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Using adsorbents to help society

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Adsorption is a common process in our everyday lives,” says Dr Yamil Colón, based at the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering. “It occurs in many industrial and biological settings, such as drug delivery, power production and water harvesting, to name a few.” How does the team do this research?

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Building and training human tendons in the lab

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Bioengineering — the application of engineering principles to the fields of medicine and biology. It involves taking the principles of biology and the tools of. engineering to create useful products for a variety of applications. Pathway from school to bioengineering. TALK LIKE A… BIOENGINEER.

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Inspirational women in STEM

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million students from around the world revealed that, on average, girls outperform boys in STEM subjects at school. The statistics for computer science, engineering and technology degrees are shockingly low, with women comprising only 19% 2 of students. Professor Joanna Collingwood is a biomedical engineer.

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Can soil microbes improve agricultural sustainability?

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Using synthetic biology to increase BNF activity in these free-living diazotrophs has the potential to generate enhanced biofertilisers that are compatible with a wide variety of crop plants,” Nate explains. At Washington State University in the US, Dr Nathaniel Boyer is a biochemist working to find a more environmentally friendly solution.

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Harnessing the power of music to improve mental health

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Pathway from school to music for mental health • “It is important to note that you do not have to choose between studying music and science,” says Gilles. psychology, rehabilitation, biomedical engineering, etc.) psychology, rehabilitation, biomedical engineering, etc.)

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