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Applied Thermodynamics: Energy in Chemistry

12/6/2016

 
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Thus far we've talked about molecules, covalent bonds and other aspects of chemistry that involves physics. However we left out probably the most important physics-related topic in chemistry: energy.

This article will discuss, in general, on how the theories of energy physics are applied in chemistry.


Fermat's Last Theorem: Trolling Mathdom Since 1637

11/20/2016

 
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Have you ever went through a wild goose chase? Trolled into looking for something that was ​never there? Well then you'd understand how generations of mathematicians, spanning more than three centuries felt as they became part of the mathematical world's greatest practical joke: Pierre de Fermat's last theorem.

​U mad bro?

IFSA at the 2016 KL Engineering Science Fair

11/12/2016

 
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IFSA went to the 2016 KL Engineering Science Fair to find out how far the engineering sciences had reached into the Malaysian society, industry and schools.

Photosynthesis: Turning Light Into Life

11/1/2016

 
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Lets face it, we'd like to think we're the greatest living thing on the Planet, but we know we're not. We may be able to smelt metals, generate electricity, and even split atoms; but those are nothing compared to a plant's ability to use light to manufacture the complex chemicals that keeps this planet teeming with life.

If you still scoff at this notion, then prepare to be humbled.

"Curing Day" by Dustin Adams

10/22/2016

 
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What would you give to live forever? There are circles in the scientific, philosophical, and social community that ask this question, and various answers are given. Some are willing to shed their mortal bodies to join some hypothetical collective intelligence, others believe in some paradise to be bought through piety, and there are also those who believe in their immortality as part of the human legacy, passed on from one generation to the next.

"Curing Day" proposes a different, and arguably much higher, price...

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