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Dudley Shallcross, Tim Harrison, Steve Henshaw and Linda Sellou offer chemistry and physics experiments harnessing alternative energy sources, such as non-fossil fuels.
Ages: 16-19;
Beat Blattmann and Patrick Sticher from the University of Zürich, Switzerland, explain the science behind protein crystallography and provide a protocol for growing your own crystals from protein – an essential method used by scientists to determine protein structures.
Ages: 16-19;
Catching the influenza virus can be more than just a nuisance: these pathogens have caused the most deadly pandemic in recent history. Claire Ainsworth investigates how scientists are working to prevent it happening again.
Ages: 16-19;
Schistosomiasis is the second most socioeconomically devastating parasitic disease after malaria. Alan Wilson and Stuart Haslam investigate new ways to combat the parasite – taking advantage of its sugar coating.
Ages: 16-19;
Have you ever wondered what a decasievert or a petahenry is? Why some symbols are written in capitals and others in lower case? What the difference is between ps and pS? How many ampere there are in a zettaampere? Or what Nikola Tesla’s nationality was? These and many other questions can be…
Ages: not applicable;
Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names shows that chemists do have a sense of humour, even though it may be a little ‘schoolboyish’ at times. Based on a website of the same name (www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm), the book – as its name suggests – is a collection of the…
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
As well as a good science encyclopaedia, all classrooms need a science dictionary, preferably with pictures and graphs as well as clear and correct explanations.
Ages: not applicable;
Say ‘stem cells’ and you can guarantee some strong opinions and heated debate.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Life has a funny habit of turning out quite differently from what you expect. Take Christian Mellwig, for example. He explains to Vienna Leigh that he was determined that, whatever path he took in life, it wouldn’t be teaching.
Ages: not applicable;
Alison McLure tells Marlene Rau about her adventurous life as a physicist – from being a TV presenter and forecasting the weather in the Antarctic to taking gap-year students on an expedition to an island in the South Atlantic.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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Fuelling interest: climate change experiments
Topics: Chemistry
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Growing crystals from protein
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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Outmanoeuvering influenza’s tricks
Topics: Biology
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Sugary insights into worm parasite infections
Topics: Biology, Health
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A Dictionary of International Units: Metric-Matters: Names and Symbols, By Philip Bladon
Topics: Resources
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Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names, By Paul May
Topics: Resources
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A Dictionary of Science and Collins Internet-linked Dictionary of Science: Science Defined and Explained
Topics: Resources
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Potent Biology: Stem Cells, Cloning, and Regeneration, By Douglas A. Melton and Nadia Rosenthal
Topics: Resources
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Serendipity in life (and) science: Christian Mellwig
Topics: Profiles
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“Admitting to being a physicist isn’t really the best chat-up line”
Topics: Profiles
