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

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The total economic cost of the Black Summer fires has been calculated at around $80 billion, making them the most costly natural disaster in Australia’s history. This is particularly true for economic impacts, such as the loss of tourism, the destruction of farm crops and damage to local shops and businesses.

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Shining a light on the role of trace metals in neurodegenerative diseases

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However, changes in metal chemistry appear to be more marked in diseased brains than in healthy brains. Secondly, because a better description of how brain chemistry is changing in these disorders might create opportunities for better treatment.”. Moreover, these techniques can damage or change the metal chemistry within brain samples.

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How can we make future places healthier spaces?

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This project is investigating how computing, the internet of things and data science can generate information that people can use to make their future places healthier. DATA SCIENCE – encompasses preparing data for analysis, including cleansing, aggregating and manipulating the data to perform advanced data analysis.

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List of 75+ STEM Careers, Jobs & Occupations

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Analytical Chemist The Role: Analytical Chemists use their knowledge of chemistry, instrumentation, computers, and statistics to solve problems in almost all areas of chemistry. Environmental Engineer The Role: Environmental Engineers use principles of engineering, soil science, biology, and chemistry to solve environmental problems.

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Bringing life back to Kenya’s grasslands

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As well as addressing the underlying science of land degradation, they are engaging with local farmers to understand the social and economic pressures faced by communities, ensuring the land restoration practices they develop will persevere far beyond the project’s lifespan. This is vital for socio-economic development in the region.”.

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Bedside to bench to bedside: a unique way to treat lung injury

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EUROPEAN UNION (EU) – an economic and political partnership of 27 European countries that share laws in many areas. There’s no exact science for evaluating the impacts of Brexit,” says Sarah, “but we commonly use methods of data analysis.” Here they are having fun at a holiday lunch in Nashville, TN in December 2019.

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Dental discoveries: How is dental research improving oral health?

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If you are interested in bioinformatics and using data science to improve dental health, Erliang also recommends studying statistics, computer science and learning programming languages such as R and Python. I also enjoyed reading, especially thriller fiction novels and newspapers, and I developed a strong interest in economics.