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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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Best STEM Summer Camps In Des Moines (2024)

The Maker Mom

These STEM programs introduce students to technology concepts from an early age and show them how fun science and tech can be. Whether based on the nature sciences or focused on engineering and coding, Des Moines has opportunities for every future scientist or techie.

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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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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). Sarah’s research.