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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...
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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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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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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The Most Accurate Thermometer in the World
This article looks at how a highly accurate thermometer measures temperatures by finding the speed of sound in a gas.
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Scientists use radiation from across the electromagnetic spectrum to learn more about a fossil dinosaur.
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Traffic police use ideas about speed, acceleration and force to determine what happened during road accidents.
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From Pollutants in Whale Blubber to CSI Chemists
This article looks at scientists who are monitoring the accumulation of synthetic chemicals which are polluting the...
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This Catalyst article investigates how polymer materials can be designed and printed with...
The videos in this collection from teachers TV are aimed at secondary school science practitioners. They contain materials that can be used in the classroom, as stimulus material.
Clips in this section cover a wide range of topics, including:
* astronomy, space and the solar system
* Earth...
The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) produces classroom resources and teacher guidance to help highlight the links between classroom science and science-based industry. Resources in this collection contain information about the chemical and plastics industries as well as practical guidance about...