Catalyst Volume 20 Issue 1

This issue of Catalyst includes the following articles:

Plasma Prominences and Cosmic Rays

This article focuses on using remote telescopes and detecting cosmic rays.

Ignaz Semmelweis: Saviour of Mothers

This article describes the discovery of puerperal fever which lead to a dramatic decrease in the number of deaths in childbirth.

Radar Refractivity: Using Science to Help Forecast Thunderstorms

The use of radar in weather forecasting is explained.

Publish or Perish: Getting into Print

This article looks at the structure of a scientific paper.

Nature Needs You: Labs Without Walls

The Open-Air Laboratory (OPAL) project is the main focus of this article.

Drug Formulation

The article investigates how a medical drug is made into a form which works well in the body.

Make Your Own Indicator

This article focuses on making indicators from plant extracts.

Is Anybody Out There?

The use of the Kepler spacecraft to look for extra-solar planets is the main focus of this article.

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