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Applied sciences
Summary
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to applied science:
Applied science – the branch of science that applies existing scientific knowledge to develop more practical applications, including inventions and other technological advancements. Science itself is the systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Applied cryptography – applications of cryptography.
Applied science – application of scientific knowledge transferred into a physical environment.
Actuarial science — applies mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk in the insurance, finance, and other industries
Agricultural science
Agronomy – science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, feed, fiber, and reclamation.
Animal husbandry – agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock.
Aquaculture – also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants.
Algaculture – form of aquaculture involving the farming of species of algae.
Mariculture – cultivation of marine organisms for food and other products in the open ocean, an enclosed section of the ocean, or in tanks, ponds or raceways which are filled with seawater.
Agriculture – science of farming
Cuniculture – also known as rabbit farming, is the breeding and raising domestic rabbits, usually for their meat or fur.
Fungiculture – process of producing food, medicine, and other products by the cultivation of mushrooms and other fungi.
Heliciculture – also called snail farming, is the process of farming or raising land snails specifically for human consumption, and more recently, to obtain snail slime for cosmetics use.
Olericulture – science of vegetable growing, dealing with the culture of non-woody (herbaceous) plants for food.
Sericulture – also called silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied.
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