Optical properties
A collection of Catalyst articles about optical properties.
Fantastic Plastic
This Catalyst article looks at the use of polymers in the manufacture of household items.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1.
Robert Hooke
A Catalyst article about the life and work of the physicist Robert Hooke.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2004, Volume 15, Issue 1.
Radar Refractivity: Using Science to Help Forecast Thunderstorms
A Catalyst article explaining how weather forecasts can help keep the public safe in extreme situations by providing advance warnings: for example, airline pilots rely on accurate information about the development of thunderstorms to help them decide which routes might be at risk from lightning or violent downbursts of air.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2009, Volume 20, Issue 1.
Linking the World with Light
A Catalyst article about the Nobel Prize for physics 2009 winner Charles Kao, who developed optical fibre systems and CCDs which are the basis of most of today's long distance telephone systems.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2009, Volume 20, Issue 2.
Infra-red Astronomy
A Catalyst article describing how the VISTA telescope, which is located in Chile, works.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2010, Volume 20, Issue 4.
Biomimicry
This Catalyst article investigates biomimetics and discovers how scientists are finding ways of copying ideas from nature to improve products.
The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2015, Volume 26, Issue 2.