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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. A network is a mathematical model used to describe relationships (known as edges) between individuals (known as nodes),” explains Min. What is a network? “A www.learnpython.org ).

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

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Scientific model — a conceptual or mathematical representation of a real-world phenomenon that allows scientists to study the phenomenon in more detail. Scientists can now turn their theories into mathematical models, which can then be expressed in software as simulations. Biology with Professor Michelle Peckham and Dr Alistair Curd.

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

Stephen Wolfram

But by the end of the 1800s, with the existence of molecules increasingly firmly established, the Second Law began to often be treated as an almost-mathematically-proven necessary law of physics. There were still mathematical loose ends, as well as issues such as its application to living systems and to systems involving gravity.

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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 engineering address human rights issues?

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Engineering applies science and mathematics to adapt and transform matter and energy for the benefit of people,” says Davis. Engineering applies science and mathematics to adapt and transform matter and energy for the benefit of people,” says Davis. LATRINE – a very simple toilet facility.

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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.