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Catalyst Volume 15 Issue 1
Articles in this issue of Catalyst include:
Early in 2003, researchers in the Arctic reported that radioactivity was being spread among wildlife species in ways that no one had detected before. Where does this radioactive contamination come from?
This article explores pursuing a career in the dentistry profession.
Oxygen is essential for most respiration, which goes on in all live cells, all living things, all the time. This article looks at how organisms get the oxygen they need from their surroundings and how it reaches cells. It also explores how oxygen transport is monitored, which is vitally important in medical care.
This article aims to identify, assess and control the risks in practical chemistry experiments.
Wood is a renewable source of energy. Could it be used to generate electricity in the UK, and what are the advantages and disadvantages?
This article looks at the life and work of the physicist Robert Hooke.
This article investigates how a Geiger counter works.
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Robert Hooke
A Catalyst article about the life and work of the physicist Robert Hooke. Hooke was a man of many interests. He invented many mechanical devices, including the universal joint used in all cars and designed a balance wheel for a watch. As part of his wide ranging observations, using a microscope, he first coined the...
Geiger Counter
A Catalyst article explaining how a Geiger counter works through the use of captioned illustrations.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE Science Review 2004, Volume 15, Issue 1.
Catalyst is a science magazine for students aged 14-19 years...
Tree Power
A Catalyst article about wood as a renewable source of energy. Wood and biomass products could be used to generate electricity in the UK, and the article looks at the advantages and disadvantages of doing this and the technologies such energy generation would require.
This article is from Catalyst: GCSE...