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Catalyst Volume 18 Issue 3: Full Magazine

Articles in this issue of Catalyst include:

Catalysts

How do catalysts affect the rate of reactions? Why are catalysts important in nature, and in industry?

Do Mobile Phone Signals Harm Our Health?

Some people believe that their health is affected by mobile phone radiation. How can this idea be tested?

Food Additives

What are food additives and do they affect how people behave?

Battle of the Barnacles

In this article biologists look for patterns in the distribution of barnacle species on the sea shore, and seek to interpret them.

Silent Flight

Engineers have designed an aircraft which will produce much less noise as it approaches and leaves the airport. But will it ever fly?

Applying the Science

This article looks at the role of environmental scientists working for a local authority.

Diabetes in Young People

Juvenile diabetes is a genetic disease; scientists are still trying to unravel its causes in order to develop improved treatments.

Catalytic Converter

This article explains how a car's catalytic converter works. Catalyst is a science magazine for students aged 14-19 years. Annual subscriptions to print copies of the magazine can be purchased from Mindsets.

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