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Dr Claire Cousins and Mark Fox-Powell explain how scientists look at life that exists in extreme environments on Earth, to see what kind of life scientists might see on the surface of Mars. This knowledge helps scientists plan the best target for a rover.
Professor Cockell takes us through the astrobiology...
Astrobiologist Dr. Lewis Dartnell talks from the Atacama Desert about a research trip to find extremophiles that might give scientists some clues as to the kind of life that may exist on the surface of Mars. Lewis shows how quartz can act as a natural sunscreen to enable cyanobacteria to grow in the dry desert...
A collection of ten videos describing Aurora's mission to Mars. The topics covered in the films include:
Dr. Mark Woods explains how the rover technologies must be partly autonomous, since the signals from Earth to Mars take too long for every command to be send from Earth. The technologies developed for space, also have applications on Earth.
This video is part of a series of ten which look at the one of the...
This Catalyst article investigates biomimetics and discovers how scientists are finding ways of copying ideas from nature to improve products. The article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2015, Volume 26, Issue...
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...
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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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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Human beings depend on their eyes to provide them with information about their surroundings. This article examines the basic functioning of the eye and at what can...
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By the end of 2007, physicists working at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider hope to have received the first results from what is probably the...
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In the Pink: Colour from Carotenes
This article explains how pigments pass along a food chain through a process called bioamplification.
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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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This article investigates whether adding iron to the oceans could reduce global warming.
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Food Waste Recycling - Power from Potato Peelings
This article looks at how food waste can be treated by anaerobic digestion to produce methane and fertiliser.
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How the Leopard Gets Its Spots
This article looks at Turing mechanisms as a way of explaining how patterns such as spots and stripes develop as an animal grows.
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