Futurum

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

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 In particular, we sought to measure which visual features are associated with each emotion.” Others, however, are cultural.

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Biology Research Research Computer 89

Futurum

MARCH 21, 2023

Nowadays, scientists like Professor Ian Paulsen and his team at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology in Australia are uncovering not just how these processes work, but how to modify them to get microbes to produce chemicals that no natural microbe makes. What will you find rewarding?

Biology 73

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Futurum

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Because computational methods originated in the natural sciences, some disciplines, such as chemistry and physics, have lots of research software at their disposal. Chemical engineering with Professor Sven Schroeder. Biology with Professor Michelle Peckham and Dr Alistair Curd. Be curious and open-minded.

Research 81

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

But in 1834, Émile Clapeyron (1799–1864)—a rather distinguished French engineering professor (and steam engine designer)—wrote a paper entitled “ Memoir on the Motive Power of Heat ”. The Sadi Carnot who would later become president of France was his nephew.) physics) in Glasgow—began to be curious about.

Energy 88

Energy Physics Argumentation Mathematics 88

Stephen Wolfram

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

And that fall, as a way to focus my efforts, I taught a “Topics in Theoretical Physics” course at Caltech (supposedly for graduate students but actually almost as many professors came too) on what, for want of a better name, I called “non-equilibrium statistical mechanics”. SMP Version 1.0 was ready in mid-1981.

Physics 95

Physics Computer Mathematics Science 95

Futurum

OCTOBER 3, 2023

At 15th Street Farm in Florida, USA, Emmanuel Roux and Professor David Himmelgreen run an education project to help local families learn about their local food systems and make healthier food choices. Emmanuel is a chef, restauranteur and urban farmer, and David is a professor of anthropology.

Agriculture 87

Agriculture Biology Research Research 87

Futurum

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Professor André Blais , from the University of Montreal in Canada, and Professor Damien Bol , from King’s College London in the UK, believe that this variety can lead to very different outcomes – in terms of who gets elected and which policies get implemented.

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