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Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...Chemistry to Roger Tsien, Osamu Shimomura, and Martin Chalfie for their work in characterising green fluorescent protein (GFP) highlights the profound impact of fluorescent proteins on biological research. Their groundbreaking contributions have revolutionised how scientists visualise and study cellular processes in real time. (For more information on GFP and its...
Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision

...chemistry, sometimes it just requires a slightly different approach and I think it requires a lot of creative thinking to overturn people’s attitudes, which are not borne of… I don’t think they’re borne of boredom, I think they’re borne of just simply not knowing what to do how to do it. Can nature conservation borrow ideas from other sectors? Well, one of the...
Diary of a Mars operations day
Science, Maths & Technology

Diary of a Mars operations day

...chemistry that we expect from the maps we have. Orbital images help us a lot in knowing what might be ahead. Looking from the ground will add all the details to that picture. I am excited about the area, especially from a mineralogical point of view. We call the next unit ahead ‘sulfate bearing unit’ on our maps. That sounds like alteration minerals and, most...
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...chemistry (see Engineering with atoms ). Engineering with atoms When chemistry is applied as a means to an end, where that end is a product with a function, it can be thought of as engineering with atoms. Clearly chemistry is large-scale engineering, and not one atom at a time. The chemical reactions involved often progress without any intervention from humans, indeed...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...chemistry and habitability, Titan lander Beagle 2 / Mars Express Lander Mars 2003 UK/ESA Search for biosignatures on Mars Spirit & Opportunity (Mars Exploration Rovers) Rover Mars 2003 USA (NASA) Investigate past water activity and habitability Phoenix Lander Mars 2007 USA (NASA) Search for water ice and potential habitability near martian poles Curiosity (Mars Science...
Teaching and learning tricky topics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...Chemistry Acids, bases and neutralisation Describing neutralisation Strength of acids Chemistry Atoms and atomic structure Atomicity Chemical equilibrium Chemical bonding Intermolecular forces Energy quantisation in atomic structure Animism of atoms Probability in atomic structure Size of atoms Structure/shape of atoms Weight of atoms Chemistry Ideal gas equations Gas...
Systems modelling
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems modelling

...chemistry, engineering or a social science. Describe in words what the graphs in figures 1 and 2 below tell you, and comment on any features of the way that they are drawn, which you think are important. What does rate of change mean? Describe in words the following: y = 24x 2 + 2x - 3 Calculate [Figure 1] Figure 1 [Figure 2] Figure 2 Answer For the purposes of this...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...chemistry and analytical sciences; and environment, Earth and ecosystem sciences. Compare and contrast all four (or at least two) of the audio interviews to explore where their perspectives are similar and different. To this end, you should listen to each of the interviews more than once, and consider the following questions. There is a box beneath the audio clips where...
Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs