Broken Hearts in Juvenile Dementia
By Emily Coode
PhD student Emily Coode tells us about her research into the heart problems in juvenile dementia, also called...
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How to read a rock
By understanding the ways in which minerals combine to form rocks like the way words link to form sentences, we can...
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Life, Health and Chemical Sciences: PhD Projects 101
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What are nerve agents - and what do they do?
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It's a question the people of Salisbury weren't expecting to have to ask themselves following a quick trip to a Zizzi...
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Sunlight powered food: key for life on Earth
One chemical process, with energy from sun, is responsible for nearly all life on Earth. Pallavi Anand explains...
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Hallowain't III: Woodfrogs
A block of ice melts away, and there sits a frog. Is this an ice monster of some sort? No.
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Why going dairy-free can hit your iodine levels
By Professor Margaret Rayman, Dr Sarah Bath
Replacing cows milk with non-dairy alternatives can put you at risk of not getting enough iodine. Here's why that...
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17 Oct 2017
What is the Minamata Convention on Mercury and what does it mean?
In August 2017, a new convention governing the use of Mercury came into force (at least in the countries which have...
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12 Sep 2017
What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?
Although in its natural form mercury is not especially toxic, it still poses a real risk when it finds its way into...
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12 Sep 2017
Plastic materials, pollution and recycling
What benefits do plastics offer society? What can we do with used plastic to avoid damage to the environment? ...
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