To get into a program, many schools require at least two years of college and some health care experience, and college-level biology, chemistry and math courses are sometimes necessary before matriculation.

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Modern innovation springs from a deep understanding of physics, electronics, math, chemistry and biology--not Proust.

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There are slightly more A-level entries for biology from girls in 2012, for chemistry the numbers are about the same and 40% of pupils studying A-level maths are girls.

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The decision by Education Secretary Michael Gove will mean that computing will count as a science in the English Baccalaureate for secondary school league tables from January 2014 - alongside physics, chemistry, biology and pupils taking double science.

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One of the earliest of these refers young people to a list of "facilitating subjects" - English, maths, physics, biology, chemistry, geography, history and languages.

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Professor of biological chemistry and developmental and cell biology, and co-director of the Center, Peter Donovan, feels the research could have massive benefits.

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The filmmaker said more money should be put into ocean science - and that it was essential to explore the biology and the chemistry of the deepsea.

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The Global Microscience Experiments Project is a hands-on science education project that gives primary and secondary school students as well as university students the opportunity to conduct practical work in physics, chemistry and biology, using kits that are veritable mini-laboratories.

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For example, 17-year-olds in 1996 were more likely than those in 1986 to report having taken biology and chemistry, although there was no change in the percentage taking physics.

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