Most crucial science (1 Viewer)

[tonyyyyy]

In the next 50 to 100 years, what sort of scientists will be critical to our survival????
Would it be;
environmental science...to combat climate change
immunology.....to potentially find a cure for aids and cancer

lets hear your thoughts.....

 

[badquinton304]

Bio and Chem will be where most advances will be made, but don't count physics out. Immunology is always critical to survival as if we don't keep one step ahead of viruses and hit then we are dead. I think environmental science will also be important but you must remember most science is tied together so basically all science is critical to our survival.

I assume you are looking for where you want to major in. From what I have been told then chem is looking to be hot soon.

Ohhhhhhh oh and nanotech.

 

[Chemical Ali]

herpetology

if we don't save the wee turtles, who will?

 

[badquinton304]

yes nanotech is a pretty interesting field imo.

 

[Tim035]

It may not be within 100 years, but eventually nanotechnology will make many branches of science completely obsolete.

I can only really speak for the medical sciences, but I believe the future in terms of treatments will go:

Pharmaceuticals & small molecule drugs -------> Stem cell technologies and gene regulation ------> Nanotechnology

 

[badquinton304]

It may not be within 100 years, but eventually nanotechnology will make many branches of science completely obsolete.

I can only really speak for the medical sciences, but I believe the future in terms of treatments will go:

Pharmaceuticals & small molecule drugs -------> Stem cell technologies and gene regulation ------> Nanotechnology

Robots in your blood is awesome.
Yeah it also has uses in information and communication technologies like quantum computers.
Oh and you can use it for weapons.

 

[Trebla]

Don't forget mathematics! Modelling is extremely important for all the aforementioned areas

 

[Mambomeg]

Agriculture. With population growth, it will be essential to find more efficient ways of producing food, or we'll all starve. Plant disease control (particularly wheat and rice), increasing yields and decreasing inputs will all be critical over the next 100 years.