Catalyst Volume 19 Issue 1
This issue of Catalyst includes the following articles:
Forensic Entomology
This article describes how insects are used to provide clues at crime scenes.
Lucie Green – Astronomer
This article presents the life and career of Lucie Green, an astronomer and broadcaster.
Fantastic Plastic
The many uses of polymers (plastics), both in everyday life and in advanced applications are the main subjects of this article.
Flying Weightless
The article explains what it means to say that an astronaut is 'weightless'.
Process Chemistry
This article looks at the work of process chemists who work in the pharmaceutical industry, devising methods of making new drugs.
Careers in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Five young scientists describe their work in the pharmaceutical industry.
In the Mountains - Going Up?
The article explains how the human body is affected by low atmospheric pressure at high altitudes.
Natural Born Healers
The article describes some examples of drugs derived from natural substances.
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Forensic Entomology
A Catalyst article looking at how insects are used to provide clues at crime scenes. Forensic entomology is the study of insects and other arthropods in a legal context. It covers many different areas, such as pests in stored food products and insect infestations in human habitations. However, the most high-profile use of forensic…
Lucie Green - Astronomer
A Catalyst article describing Lucie Green's work as an astronomer and broadcaster on the Sky at Night programme. The article looks at her education and research career together with information on her work outside of broadcasting. This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1. Catalyst…
Fantastic Plastic
This Catalyst article looks at the use of polymers in the manufacture of household items. The exciting thing about polymers is that it is possible to make polymers behave in so many different ways by organising their long chain molecules in different ways – polymers are the ultimate designer material. The article looks at their…
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Flying Weightless
This Catalyst article looks at what it means to say that an astronaut is 'weightless'. The article looks at how astronauts are trained in aircraft and how underwater work can also help prepare them for space travel. This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2008, Volume 19, Issue 1. Catalyst is a science…
Process Chemistry
A Catalyst article describing how process chemists work in the pharmaceutical industry, devising methods of making new drugs. Process chemists are a link in the chain from an initial idea to a new drug making it to the market. It generally takes at least 10 years from an idea by a medicinal chemist to a new treatment for patients…
Careers in the Pharmaceutical Industry
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 clinical trials, human…
In the Mountains - Going Up?
This Catalyst article describes how the human body is affected by low atmospheric pressure at high altitudes. The article looks at the dangers that await the unwary traveller and explains how, if people understand their bodies, they can avoid the worst problems of life at high altitudes. This article is from Catalyst: Secondary…
Natural Born Healers
A Catalyst article providing examples of some drugs derived from natural substances. Many drugs which are commonly used today are similar to naturally occurring compounds which have been used for centuries to treat illnesses. Chemists have identified and purified these substances. By determining their molecular structures they can…
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