Catalyst Volume 25 Issue 4: Full Magazine

This issue of Catalyst contains the following articles:

Animal-Computer Interaction

This article investigates how scientists at the Open University are devising ways in which dogs can interact with electronic systems including computers.

Using Chemistry to Reduce Animal Testing

This article discusses how chemical tests can reduce the numbers of animals used in the testing of new products.

Anything But Junk

This article investigates how geneticists are beginning to discover the significance of junk DNA.

Models of the Atom

This article investigates the history of models of the atom and shows how, a century ago, scientists were devising models of the atom in an attempt to explain the limited evidence they had about the fundamental structure of matter.

Toxic Gases! Therapeutic? What?!

This article discusses how toxic gases gases can be useful in medicine, carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas but it can also help to treat some diseases.

Metabolomics at Work

This article shows how a new understanding of how cells respond to lack of oxygen can help to reduce the tissue damage caused in heart attacks and strokes.

Conker Tree Science

This article discusses how simple observations of pests on horse chestnut trees can contribute to a 'citizen science' project.

Dr Laura Waters: Research Chemist

This article introduces Laura Waters, who is a chemist at Huddersfield University with an interest in both doing scientific research and communicating her work to a wide audience.

Twenty-Five Years

This article celebrates 25 years of Catalyst and also looks at five big discoveries they have reported on in their 100 issues.

Catalyst is a science magazine for students aged 14-19 years. Annual subscriptions to print copies of the magazine can be purchased from Mindsets.