Quick Guide: Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at radioactive waste and examines the options for its disposal. It is a simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner teaching out of subject or needing a refresher. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of nuclear power…
Quick Guide: Medical Applications of Physics
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and is a simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner teaching out of subject or needing a refresher. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of medical applications of physics to provide…
Quick Guide: The Sun
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at the Sun, our local star and our main provider of energy. As our most important star, scientists are keen to understand how the Sun works and what effects it might have on other objects in the solar system. The quick guide is a simplified summary of complex…
Quick Guide: The Large Hadron Collider
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide is a summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner. The principle behind this experiment is simple: smash two counter-rotating beams of protons together at a very high centre-of-mass energy. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of particle…
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Quick Guide: Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide discusses how we are increasingly familiar with the Global Positioning System (GPS) through in-car satellite navigation systems (satnav). A simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field…
Quick Guide: Spectroscopic Methods
Produced by the Triple Science Support Programme, this quick guide looks at infrared spectroscopy, which deals with the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is a simplified summary of complex ideas for the busy practitioner. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of spectroscopy to provide teachers…
Quick Guide: Fuel Cells
This quick guide, from the Triple Science Support Programme, is about energy costs rising, the changing environment, and which alternatives to fossil fuels are being sought. Fuel cells are part of the electrochemical energy conversion and storage device family. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of fuel…
Quick Guide: Exoplanets
This quick guide, from the Triple Science Support Programme, describes exoplanets, which are planets that orbit stars outside of our solar system. This is a resource produced by current experts in the field of astronomy to provide teachers with an understanding of current scientific thinking which they can apply in the classroom.It…