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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. Joanna is working with Nicole and Stuart on a project that involves an analytic technique called Energy-Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX).

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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

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I always say to my kids that the most important skills are reading and writing, closely followed by maths. No matter what scientific profession you follow, you’ll never avoid maths, and good communication skills are also a must. “I I feel the 21st century is all about breakthroughs in biomedicine and biology.

Biology 98
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Behind the screens: the crystals that flow like rain down a windowpane

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He starts by considering some basic principles of physics – that the momentum and energy of a system are always conserved. The problem is that considering every possible effect that contributes to momentum or energy is complicated,” he explains. Everything in natural science can be reduced to physics.

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Urban farming for urban families

Futurum

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. Cultivate curiosity and share your knowledge.

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Can modern technology uncover the secrets of evolution?

Futurum

For example, sedimentary rocks deposited in low energy environments (e.g., As palaeontology draws on skills and knowledge from geology and biology, you can enter the field from either of these directions. Computer coding is essential for complex data analyses, and knowledge of maths and statistics is also important.

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

Stephen Wolfram

By 1807 the term “energy” had been introduced, but the question remained of whether it could in any sense globally be thought of as conserved. It had seemed for a long time that heat was something a bit like mechanical energy, but the relation wasn’t clear—and the caloric theory of heat implied that caloric (i.e.

Energy 88
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A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

And I spent much of the summer of 1972 writing my own (unseen by anyone else for 30+ years) Concise Directory of Physics that included a rather stiff page about energy, mentioning entropy—along with the heat death of the universe. The book didn’t seem to say, though I thought maybe somewhere it was buried in the math.

Physics 95