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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.

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

Futurum

The carbon energy from that sugar can be used to build an industrial biochemical that the first microbe would not be able to produce. My focus is on the design of tools to regulate gene expression and applying these to different living systems to improve their functions and energy metabolism. Changing the world?

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How we read: the neuroscience behind literacy

Futurum

The enthusiasm and energy that emerging scientists bring to research is a constant rejuvenation! “An There is a lot of ‘tradition’ with regards to ideas and approaches, which I feel can sometimes impede our ability to move science forward efficiently. An ongoing challenge for my field is trying to buck the status quo.

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

Futurum

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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Why electoral systems matter for democracy

Futurum

Collaboration “Unlike in natural sciences, teams of collaborators are usually smaller in political science,” says Damien. I was once told that I should be more selfish in the use of my time and energy. It’s usually a handful of scholars who work on similar topics that decide to work together on a specific study.”

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How do bacteria help and harm crops?

Futurum

Soybean is a high-energy, high-protein crop that is indispensable as animal feed. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers internships in different aspects of agricultural research: www.usda.gov/youth/career Meet Jong When I was younger, I was interested in natural sciences , including physics, biology, astronomy and geology.

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Where Does Driftwood Come From?A Journey from the Forest to the Bottom of the Ocean

Smore Science

She has loved the natural sciences all her life, and is excited to create educational content that will inspire curiosity for the natural world in the next generation of scientists. Next time you see a piece of driftwood in the water, you can think of all of the amazing plants and animals it supports wherever it goes!