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Building and training human tendons in the lab

Futurum

Tissue engineering involves building human tissues in the lab, which can then be used to replace faulty tissues in patients. Bioengineering — the application of engineering principles to the fields of medicine and biology. TALK LIKE A… BIOENGINEER. Bioreactor — equipment within which a biological process is carried out.

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What can stars reveal about galaxies and what can cultures reveal about stars?

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Astrophysicists Professor Raja GuhaThakurta and Dr Amanda Quirk , from the University of California Santa Cruz , USA, are studying starlight to explore the mysteries of our two neighbouring galaxies, Andromeda and Triangulum. Professor Raja GuhaThakurta and Dr Amanda Quirk are galactic explorers. SUPERNOVA – the explosion of a star.

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

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A team of researchers with expertise in physics, engineering and biology are finding out whether trace metals in the brain are linked to neurodegenerative diseases. Professor Joanna Collingwood is the Head of the Trace Metals in Medicine Laboratory at the University of Warwick. PROFESSOR JOANNA COLLINGWOOD. HOW DO WE FIND OUT?

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Examining the extremely small

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Nanoscience has applications in all fields of science: physicists can determine the structure of atoms, biologists can observe the structure of molecules, materials scientists can control the properties of new materials and computer engineers can develop faster electronics. How are researchers benefiting from CeNS?

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

Stephen Wolfram

And indeed particularly in chemistry and engineering it’s often been in the background, justifying all the computations routinely done using entropy. There had been precursors of steam engines even in antiquity, but it was only in 1712 that the first practical steam engine was developed.

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