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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Researchers from the FLARE Wildfire Research Group at The University of Melbourne in Australia are developing models that can help predict where wildfires are most likely to occur and how fires behave under different weather conditions. How does the team study bushfire behaviour?

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Computing Education Research Blog

JULY 15, 2024

Most of us don’t read Science or Nature. Data visualizations that most of us see in our everyday lives are from opinion polls or about prices or taxes — they’re about social science topics (economics, government/civics, history, geography). Many students avoid STEM classes.

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Futurum

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Ben is working with Dr Julia Parrish, a professor at the University of Washington, who is also the Executive Director of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), an environmental, hands-on citizen science programme. Citizen science allows people to choose what project appeals to them, and engage in ways suited to them.

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APRIL 12, 2023

Dr Elsa Anderson Role: Assistant Professor, Programme in Environmental Science Institution: Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) I teach an urban ecology class that aims to engage students in learning about nature where they live and understanding the interactions between people and their surroundings.

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Futurum

JUNE 22, 2023

Over four years, the team is recruiting 60 Mexican immigrant women a year, 30 of whom are randomly assigned to attend a weekly Tertulias group and 30 of whom are randomly assigned to the ‘control arm’ of the research project in which they do not receive peer support. I didn’t start out as a health researcher,” says Janet.

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Futurum

MARCH 21, 2023

Yet, despite these many and varied uses, researchers believe they remain a mostly untapped resource for humanity. Professor Ian Paulsen is the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, a research centre that spans nine universities across Australia.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

Shujun is Professor of Cyber Security and Director of the Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS) at the University of Kent, where many researchers are actively researching on understanding, detection and prevention of online false information and digital data deception. ABOUT CYBER SECURITY.

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JUNE 21, 2022

Eithne Quinn, a professor of cultural studies at the University of Manchester, is an expert on race, justice and culture, and she has shed light on this problem through her research project, “Prosecuting Rap: Criminal Justice and UK Black Youth Expressive Culture”. FIELDS OF RESEARCH: American Studies, Criminology, Cultural Studies.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

Through the HumaniSE Lab’s research, it has become increasingly apparent to the team that a more inclusive approach to software design is needed. Field of research : Software engineering. Research project : Developing accessible software for diverse end users. Funder : Australian Research Council.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

In his research project, ReconAMOC (Reconstructing the AMOC), Professor David Thornalley of University College London has been studying the AMOC using samples of ocean floor mud to understand how this system has varied in the past and how it may be affected by climate change in the future. FIELD OF RESEARCH : Ocean and Climate Science.

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Futurum

MAY 25, 2022

Fields and fungicides: mixing microbiology and social science. A unique team of early-career researchers from the University of Exeter and the University of Bristol in the UK is addressing this concern through environmental tests and direct engagement with farmers. THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

He starts off by saying about Carnot’s book: The idea which serves as a basis of his researches seems to me to be both fertile and beyond question; his demonstrations are founded on the absurdity of the possibility of creating motive power or heat out of nothing. But first we have to go back a bit in the story.

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Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

the Vietnam War), whose idea was that it was time to stop the government fighting an unwinnable war, and this could be achieved by having an organization that would coordinate citizens to threaten a run on banks unless the war was ended. The article said that the “MAC” stood either for “Multiple Access Computer” or “Machine-Aided Cognition”.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see? Dr Joanna Leng , from the University of Leeds in the UK, is a research software engineer who designs and develops the software that allows scientific imaging devices to be used to their full potential. Pinterest.

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Futurum

MAY 11, 2023

Social science for social change: the story of marriage equality in the US Published: For centuries, gay people have suffered discrimination, prejudice and persecution. The US government initially ignored the problem, so gay men had to find ways of supporting each other. I was delighted to oblige!”

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Futurum

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It is an incredibly useful field with a wide range of applications from biological and social sciences to computer animation and finance. Mathematics and government decision-making. Using powerful predictive models, mathematicians can provide quantitative solutions which can influence government policies.

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Futurum

OCTOBER 12, 2023

“Digitalisation is helping organisations to enhance communication and collaboration efforts, to innovate, and to stay competitive,” says Dr Burcu Bulgurcu, a cyber security researcher at Toronto Metropolitan University. Cyber security breaches are rarely due to issues with the cyber security technology itself.

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Futurum

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

To investigate these questions, a team of researchers from across the world combined their skills and expertise to perform some intriguing experiments. “We The computer was instructed to make its guesses based on the properties the researchers had measured. Or are their effects unpredictable?

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

In the early 1990s, I was doing my doctoral research in Lesotho, Southern Africa. This was when South Africa was transitioning from the Apartheid system (based on racial segregation and run by an all-white government) to a democratic republic. It was both an exciting and challenging time to be in this part of the world.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

This is why Professor Oscar Odena, an interdisciplinary researcher at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, decided to create a global network of people studying social music projects from Colombia in South America to the DRC in Africa. By 2019, Oscar had already spent a lot of time researching social music projects.

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Futurum

MAY 23, 2022

Their research sheds light on the significant role that social inequalities play in determining the outcomes of a pandemic. In light of the social inequalities highlighted by COVID-19, this knowledge has never been more important. Taylor and Lisa use death records as their main source of quantitative data for their research.

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Futurum

AUGUST 29, 2023

At Futurum, we work with researchers and academics from all disciplines to create classroom resources for schools. Each article explains the researcher’s work in a clear and engaging way and provides advice for students interested in pursuing a career in the field. Look no further!

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