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...feedback on the materials, has helped us to fine-tune the course and to ensure that it is ready for a wider audience. Two of the images obtained by the pupils are of the striking Whirlpool galaxy (M51) – a spiral galaxy seen face-on – and of the Sombrero galaxy (M104) – a galaxy seen edge-on with its distinctive dark dust lanes. Each team was then set the task of...

...LA-ICP-MS). The EMP allows geologists to shoot a precise beam of electrons at our tiny minerals, causing them to emit characteristic x-rays based on their chemical composition, which we can then measure. The LA-ICP-MS fires a laser at the sample, sending the debris of the mineral into a plasma, from which individual ions are separated using a magnet and are then measured...

...de-railed through a combination of heavy wind and a weak girder. Tom Martin's Tay Bridge analysis Mathematician Tom Martin uses the modern method of 'structural computer analysis' to understand the failure of the bridge, and looks at how this failure started at the base columns due to heavy winds. Forensic Engineering Dr Pete Lewis explains how he believes the dynamic...