Biology
Biology simply is the study of life. As Dictionary.com defines it, “the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena,especially with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure,and behavior”. Common studies or experiments done in biology today include immune systems and cancer development, mechanical, electrical, and molecular interactions in an organism, and DNA analysis, etc. This area of study, as you probably already know, is extremely important to our modern and future healthcare and has produced advancements to allow us to experience our way of life as we do today. However, experiments in these various areas of biology often necessitate highly precise tools that measure the extremely small.
Relation to Computer Science:
Often when studying life, the fundamental driving forces are microscopic, and sometimes molecular. It is hard to directly study extremely small objects with macroscopic objects (like our hands or handheld tools). Computer science has allowed biologists to study the extremely small for many years. A direct use of computer science is for molecular modeling. This would involve programs that simulate a molecule and its interactions based off of the knowledge we already understand about certain molecules. Another, and huge, more seemingly indirect use of computer science in biology is with DNA structures. The DNA structures are not modeled (although they can be) but rather the DNA structures are given to the user through an electronic instrument that runs and analyzes the specific makeup of the DNA strand. Another use of CS is through a database that compares these DNA makeups to others which can be used in law enforcement or continuing studies on DNA in general. Computer science is implemented in an incredible amounts of ways in order for the advancement of biology to continue.
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Just another example of how you can pair CS with pretty much any science and it will serve a great purpose. As CS develops alongside Bio, they both will hopefully help each other going forward.
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