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Do U Wan2 Tlk> ;)

Mobile phones are everywhere; most people in the UK own one. But how do they work? This article looks at the science behind this popular piece of...

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Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the science of building tiny devices. Some people say that nanotechnology will be the answer to many of our biggest challenges - in...

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Fruit Flies and Alzheimer's Disease

This article looks at some basic aspects of genetics and how fruit flies are being used in novel ways to study genetic diseases....

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Eyes

Human beings depend on their eyes to provide them with information about their surroundings. This article examines the basic functioning of the eye and at what can...

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Journey Into Inner Space

By the end of 2007, physicists working at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider hope to have received the first results from what is probably the...

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In the Pink: Colour from Carotenes

This article explains how pigments pass along a food chain through a process called bioamplification.

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Chemistry in a Cage

Zeolites are naturally occurring sponge-like materials which can be used as chemical sieves and catalysts.

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Ocean Iron Fertilisation 

This article investigates whether adding iron to the oceans could reduce global warming.

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Phytoplasmas - Friend or Foe?

Phytoplasmas are micro-organisms that affect crop plants, modifying their growth. Botanists are seeking to counter their effects.

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Science on the Western Front 

Archaeologists are using many aspects of science to identify the remains of soldiers who were killed in the First World War.

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Food Waste Recycling - Power from Potato Peelings

This article looks at how food waste can be treated by anaerobic digestion to produce methane and fertiliser.

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Diving Deep

Many mammal species can dive to great depths. This article explores how their bodies are adapted to cope with the great pressures involved.

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The Price of Rice

This article looks at how genetics has increased yields of rice, a staple food for billions of people.

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Fighting Fit

This Catalyst article looks at how exercise affects our immunity and susceptibility to infection. Recent research indicates that a person's level of...

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Speak to Me, Lichen

In this article, students at La Sainte Union Catholic School in North London investigate the link between lichen species and air pollution around...