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Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?
Nature & Environment

Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?

...physical harm to the environment and living creatures. Potentially harmful plastics in soil could impact health | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) What can you do? Making a few small changes can have a big impact on the amount of plastic we use on a day-to-day basis and how much gets into the environment. 1. Reduce your own plastic use. In the UK we use over 35 million...
CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help

...physical evidence is used to solve murders in a “whodunit” showdown between deductive cops and crafty criminals covering their tracks. All it takes is the right evidence to piece the story together. But recent research suggests that the reality of forensic analysis is that it can be subjective and fallible. For instance, forensic evidence can sometimes be ambiguous...
Rewriting DNA: An introduction to genome editing
Science, Maths & Technology

Rewriting DNA: An introduction to genome editing

...physical breaks in the DNA sequence, turning a long string of nucleotides into two shorter strings. In order to survive it is essential that DNA damage is repaired. The “default” repair mechanism simply re-joins the two molecules, but this is an error prone process and small mistakes are often made. So the combination of breaking and repairing DNA can cause small...
Plasma arc spraying
Science, Maths & Technology

Plasma arc spraying

...is high but very localised. Heat input to the component is very low with the non-transferred arc process, resulting in very little distortion. Surface finish is good for both processes, although better for the non-transferred arc process. See Also: Chemical vapour deposition (CVD), Physical vapour deposition (PVD), Thermal spraying, Electroless plating and Electroplating....
Goddess Preconceptions: Beyond Fertility, Sexuality and Motherhood
History & The Arts

Goddess Preconceptions: Beyond Fertility, Sexuality and Motherhood

...physical or too sexual to lead religious activities? Ancient Goddesses and Their Roles [Goddess Inanna] Goddess Inanna Hymns to the Sumerian Goddess Inanna praise her beauty and her encouragement of love between couples. She was celebrated for her own romantic attachments with kings and gods. She was even called 'she who loves her own vulva'. But the same hymns and...
An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...physical capabilities of users inform the design of interactive products understand the process of interaction design, including requirements elicitation, prototyping, evaluation and the need for iteration analyse and critique the design of interactive products select, adapt and apply suitable interaction design approaches and techniques towards the design of an...
Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...physical objects and a variety of services. Most of the physical objects have been manufactured and most of the services have been provided by people in organisations. Just as fish are said to be unaware of the water that surrounds them, most of us give little thought to the organisational processes that produce these goods and services for our use. The study of...
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...physical health of children and young people today is getting worse and their wellbeing is in crisis but they are not always well-substantiated. We can also look at international comparisons which are periodically published by UNICEF (see for example this report where the UK appears in 27th place in a league table of child wellbeing outcomes. This article was of course...