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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes Published: Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex chemicals. The general idea of synthetic biology is that we can engineer microbes to do things that naturally occurring microbes don’t do,” he says.

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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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Because computational methods originated in the natural sciences, some disciplines, such as chemistry and physics, have lots of research software at their disposal. Chemistry with Dr Nicole Hondow and Stuart Micklethwaite. Biology with Professor Michelle Peckham and Dr Alistair Curd. Scientific imaging in in cell biology.

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Could a nettle a day keep the doctor away?

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Pathway from school to nutrition science • Nutrition science programmes at university focus on the chemical and biological components of our food and the ways in which these ingredients affect our health. • To prepare for these programmes, take chemistry and biology at school.

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Monitoring the canopy temperature of forests

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Photosynthesis — the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy. Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field which seeks to find effective means of understanding and managing the world in which we live.

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Urban farming for urban families

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Meet David I majored in anthropology and biology at university. I took courses with a biological anthropologist who inspired me to study how humans use biology and culture to adapt (or not) to stressful environments such as food scarcity, extreme temperatures, and common diseases. It is very satisfying. •

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Fire trackers: how can we use modelling techniques to predict where wildfires will occur?

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It involves not just fire behaviour but also animal ecology, human ethics, social science, engineering, politics, environmental law, health science and mathematics.” Pathway from school to bushfire risk analysis • At school and post-16, take maths alongside other science subjects like biology and chemistry.

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How can we unravel the complex history of networks?

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Most people suffered no more than a bad cough, a lack of energy, and a loss of taste and smell. Learning probability without being able to create computer models is like learning chemistry without being able to do experiments,” says Min. • What is a network? “A www.learnpython.org ).