/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3083379
Industrial engineering...none

bump for interest

History major, Bio minor, premed.

The medical field in the United States is SNAFU.

Do I win a prize?

Linguistics.

We've developed a universal hierarchy of language features which is geometric in nature and works in all cases except for the ones where it doesn't work.

>>3083495
Why do you want to be a doctor with a faggish history major?

Anyways, Microbiology, apparently theres a new breakthrough about the immune system of a bacterium. Pieces of bacterial RNA cut off by a specific protein can actually attack the DNA of the virus which has been injected.

Fascinating shit.

>>3083688

I've always excelled in history. Even in elementary school, where it was called "social studies" I received good grades without trying. TL;DR I'm good at it and I enjoy it.

I didn't go premed (thus the bio minor) until I was a junior in college. It extended my stay by three years =/

>>3083688

And, yes, that is quite fascinating.

lol
Political Science (Pre-Law btw)
People are arguing different shit

>>3083757
KILL THE LAWYERR!!!

chemistry.


low defect density bulk single crystal ZnO2 grown from aqueous solution at atmospheric pressure and 50 degrees C.

defect density is decreased with respect to prior work by the use of citrate ligands and a special masking technique...

usually you would use something like Mg(111) or other 111 plane single crystal substrate.

you supplement this by adding evenly spaced monoliths/plateaus of masked substrate.


you then proceed to grow the ZnO2 under the usual conditions. normally, this method produces ZnO2 with appreciable amounts of grain boundaries.


in this case: as the ZnO2 grows between these plateaus/monoliths, the material exhibits the usual proproblems associated with defect density and grain boundaries.

as soon as the growing ZnO2 surface layer becomes level with the tops of the monoliths/plateaus, the defect density dramatically drops.

at that point, you grow a full, bulk single crystal surface with defect densities about 3-4 orders of magnitude lower than the best previous work.


I heard about this at a talk at the UCSB MRL (world renowned, top 5 Materials Science program in the world), and the paper that went with the presentation described a continuous reactor setup capable of operating on a bench (no special materials handling precautions)

>>3083495


yeah, I agree. the field of medicine/medical education and certification is both inefficient, and intentionally restricted.


The downside is that the US has a major shortage of general practitioners. There is a shortage of all types of doctors, but GPs are in the least supply (with respect to demand).


The upside is that the US produces the best surgeons in all categories. This is undeniable. There may be plenty of world class surgeons in India, the UK, Japan, etc.... but for every "excellent" cardiologist/neurosurgeon/etc in "the rest of the world" there are equal numbers at that same skill set in the US.

and many fields have complete dominance in the US. Especially when it comes to experimental surgeries and drug therapies. We also have the best cosmetic surgeons... you may scoff at that, but burn victims do not.

pre-law.

Barry Bonds got convicted of obstruction of justice last month.

>>3083757
>polisci
>pre law btw
lol another polisci shithead for the furnace of shitlaw

>>3083974
>prelaw is my major
lol wtf what shitty school has prelaw as a major? "prelaw" just means "I'm going to take the lsat and go to whatever law school will take me" it's not a fucking field of study

just like pre-med is not a major, pre-law is not a major

and if it's a major where you are, you are attending a piece of shit school

of course, this all assumes you are american (which you probably are, since there aren't that many countries where law degree is a graduate degree)

Electrical Engineering

88GHz GaN power amplifier. Wireless HDMI/Gigabit connections? Yes please.

>>3083846

>Decreased crystal lattice defects. Yay, for mobility you great mat sci people.
>MFW

>>3083954

50 years ago, dermatology was a "lesser" residence. It is now as competitive as heart surgery. Why? Hours and pay are my guess. Unfortunately not many med-hopefuls look at gen/fam practice. US medicine seems like it's about money and prestige.. Sad stuff, I thought that was limited to law.

EE. the article i read said amorphous oxides are good for making thin film transistors.
I'm still not sure what it means. I think it could mean cool "holographic" displays on car windshields and stuff like that

>>3084164
It's hours, pay, and the fact that there are so few residency spots that only the elites can get them. My friend's wife is derma and mine is urology. This is what they've told me.

Basically it's really nice hours + artificial scarcity (think residency equivalent of DeBeers hoarding diamonds to up the price)

>>3085436
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>>3083846

Bro whats the deal with quasicrystals ??