This Catalyst article looks at young people working in biochemistry, detailing how they got to where they are and what their job involves.

This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2011, Volume 22, Issue 2.

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This Catalyst article describes the work of five young people who work in the pharmaceutical industry. The industry employs more than 70 000 people in the UK in a variety of roles including drug development and scientific research, manufacturing and making the medicines, IT, statistics, testing the drugs and...

From The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC), this information booklet is useful for those wishing to develop successful partnerships between schools and local science-based industries. It is a collection of papers that describe how different groups have encountered and handled major issues and...

Catalysis is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education. Each title brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had...

Catalyst Magazine is a science journal for young people aged 14-19 and their educators. It brings STEM subjects to life with insights into cutting-edge scientific research and industry R&D exploring the practical applications of complex science in the world around us. Catalyst magazine is a digital only...

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Radioactivity and Wildlife

Early in 2003, researchers in the Arctic reported that radioactivity was being spread among wildlife species in ways that no one had detected before....

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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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Impact Earth

Astronomers say that, one day, a giant rock from space will collide with the Earth and cause mass devastation. This could lead to the extinction of many...

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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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Catalysts

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

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Body Sensors Networks

This article describes body sensor networks which are tiny electronic sensors used to monitor the movement of patients, athletes and game players.

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Forensic Entomology

This article describes how insects are used to provide clues at crime scenes.

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Water Power: the Micro-Hydro Revolution

The article looks at a micro-hydroelectric power station on a river in Yorkshire.

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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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