How physics saves lives: Interdisciplinarity drives research
Spice up your physics lessons and show your students the tremendous impact of physics research on medical innovations.
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Slow and steady wins the race: an exciting new material for long-acting medicines
Do you remember the last time you took a medicine? It was very likely in the form of a pill. But what actually happens to the medicine in your body after you swallow it? Once the pill arrives in your stomach, it is broken down to release the medically active molecules that will treat your […]
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Neutron science: a quantum story
How tiny quantum particles dig into the mysteries of future materials.
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Wind and rain: meteorology in the classroom
Why does it rain? Can we predict it? Give physics students a mass of weather data and some information technology, and they can try working this out…
Physics, Earth science
Oxyntomodulin: a new therapy for obesity?
Katie Wynne and Steve Bloom from Imperial College London, UK, describe their work on a hormone that could tackle the causes of…
Biology, Health
More than meets the eye: the cold and the distant Universe
In the fifth and final article in this series on astronomy and the electromagnetic spectrum, find out how scientists use the European Space…
Physics, Astronomy / space
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