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...types of pregnancy tests and as a means to help deliver drugs to specific parts of the body. Introducing gold nanoparticles [Gold Nanoparticles diagram] Figure 1: Gold Nanoparticles loaded with a number of moieties, which allows them to act as therapeutic agents, as molecular sensors for diagnostics or as a vehicle for delivering other effective therapeutics and imaging...

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...types are bred for specific purposes. Linux in everyday life - from smart-phones to supercomputers Linux runs on everything from your workaday wireless router to CERN’s most powerful super-computer. Apache – the wide world’s web server of choice – is Linux based, as is your Android Smartphone and your local cash machine. Linux and cloud computing The future is now...

...is treated at landfill sites. Composting The different types of green waste, how they are processed and who uses the compost created. Exploring issues Professor Andrew Porteous gives his views on waste management in today’s society. Studying environmental control and waste management Dr Suresh Nesaratnam discusses the course T210 Environmental Control and Public Health....

...type of eruption can also impact on the climate. Volcanoes: How eruptions affect climate A look at how volcanic eruptions effect the climate. Volcanoes: Historic eruptions and their climatic effects A look at climatic effects that have occurred from the eruption of volcanoes through history. Volcanoes: Effects of magma eruptions Investigating the impacts of magma...