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New Effort Hopes to Make ‘Weed-Out’ Courses More Equitable

ED Surge

Organic chemistry , anyone?) The project, funded from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and housed at Educause, prioritizes 20 key gateway courses, including introductory classes in biology, chemistry, English, economics and psychology, as well as math classes like algebra and calculus, and U.S. history surveys.

Chemistry 290
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Concrete change: the innovative chemistry of sustainable cement

Futurum

Concrete change: the innovative chemistry of sustainable cement Published: The global cement industry is gigantic, so finding ways to reduce its impact on the climate is essential for a sustainable future. The chemistry of cement It is the use of resources, especially raw materials, that forms the current focus of Theo’s research.

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The engineering behind Evolutor

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BIOECONOMY — the economic potential of harnessing the power of bioscience. The team in Sheffield has over 40 years of accumulated research experience in applying an evolutionary approach to engineering biology. TALK LIKE A BIOMANUFACTURER. ENZYMES — the proteins responsible for catalysing all chemical reactions in cells.

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How do bacteria help and harm crops?

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Jong and his team use various tools and techniques from molecular biology and genetics to study B. Jong and his team have had great success investigating the biology of B. Pathway from school to plant pathology • As well as studying biology and chemistry at school, try to get practical experience of working with plants.

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Five Most Productive Years: What Happened and What’s Next

Stephen Wolfram

Meanwhile I started thinking about the relationship of methods from the Physics Project to distributed computing, and to economics. These philosophical questions made me internalize just how important the nature of the observer is in our Physics Project. And, yes, in a sense this was my “to do” list. I’d tried before—in the mid-1980s.

Physics 110
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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. However, changes in metal chemistry appear to be more marked in diseased brains than in healthy brains. Published: May 11, 2022. diffraction, tomography, fluorescence).

Biology 70
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Living in a material world: the importance of materials science and engineering

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Expertise in physics and chemistry is needed to explore material properties, while engineering skills are needed to manufacture and test materials. This involves not only controlling the surface chemistry of polymers, but also developing polymers from renewable resources such as plant oils instead of petroleum. STRUCTURE AND SCALE.