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How do bacteria help and harm crops?

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Jong and his team use various tools and techniques from molecular biology and genetics to study B. Social behaviours of bacteria are determined by cell-to-cell communication, known as quorum-sensing, so Jong mutated different genes involved in cell signalling to examine which controlled B. glumae and its interactions with rice.

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How we read: the neuroscience behind literacy

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Literacy skills have a profound impact on a person’s life,” says Dr Jacqueline Cummine, a professor at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine – Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Alberta. They won first place for Outstanding Communication! (©

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From Scientist to Shareholder: Why do it?

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It is therefore vital that students see the benefits – for themselves and their societies – of learning national sciences such as biology, chemistry, and physics. Sandra Tarré is a Secondary Natural Science teacher. Amanda Santos is the Prime School Marketing & Communications Manager. Career choice.

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What do Forensic Scientists do?

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Credit: Wikimedia/USFWS/Ashland Forensics is the very science that makes investigative crime shows, podcasts, and books just so thrilling! The field draws from biology, chemistry, and physics in order to deliver justice for those who need it. If you’d like, you can even find programs that offer you a mix of legal studies and science.

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Behind the screens: the crystals that flow like rain down a windowpane

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If you are interested in soft matter, it would also be good to study another science, such as chemistry or biology. Everything in natural science can be reduced to physics. I think you are always a physicist, whatever field of science you work in. Communicating scientific research is a really hard skill.

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Are there ‘rules’ for conveying emotion through art?

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a line) Quantify — to measure the number or amount of something To what extent can art be used to communicate specific emotions? We explored how people use associations with colours and line properties to communicate emotions,” says Dr Dirk Bernhardt-Walther, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychology. “In

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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

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Looking forward Jin’s team is currently investigating the fine but critical details of cellular science. “My My team is trying to understand how cells function, how they metabolise, and how the organelles within cells work together and communicate with one another,” he says. “In I confess, I’m a typical workaholic!

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