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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes Published: Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex chemicals. The general idea of synthetic biology is that we can engineer microbes to do things that naturally occurring microbes don’t do,” he says.

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9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

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Bright Science is a free YouTube channel of over 1300 study videos for high schoolers (or precocious middle schoolers). Most are about five minutes (some longer, some shorter) and cover topics like chemistry, physics, calculus, geometry, biology, Algebra, trigonometry, grammar, ACT prep, and SAT prep.

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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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Supporting small farms: how protecting local farms can protect local communities

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Unfortunately, farmers from minority backgrounds may receive less support from government services and programmes, and they may find it harder to acquire the resources needed to manage a successful farm. The SFRC works closely with government agencies and farmers to mitigate these challenges. What happens at an SFRC conference?

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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

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I was sure I would do something related to science and technology, but wasn’t sure whether it would be in industry, government or academia. Having a fundamental understanding of the underlying biology is critical when translating discoveries from the lab to the clinic,” she explains. “We

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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

But it also highlights how significant our specifics—our particular history, biology, etc.—are. Some of it seems intrinsic to our biological nature. For now, there’s a certain element of what we want to do that’s “anchored” by our biological nature. And in biology it shows up as some structure (ribosome, cell, wing, etc.)

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What do Forensic Scientists do?

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Credit: Wikimedia/USFWS/Ashland Forensics is the very science that makes investigative crime shows, podcasts, and books just so thrilling! The field draws from biology, chemistry, and physics in order to deliver justice for those who need it. If you’d like, you can even find programs that offer you a mix of legal studies and science.