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This week in science

  • by P Banks
  • Posted on May 5, 2014May 5, 2014
  • News

Thanks to IFL Science for producing this… For more information follow the links below… DNA Sperm Muscles Exoplanet Star cluster Circuit board Element Heart transplants

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This week in science

  • by P Banks
  • Posted on August 29, 2013August 29, 2013
  • Announcements

You can find all the details from the last week in science below Infections Heart WISE Biomarkers Sperm and egg cells Beer  

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This week in chemistry

  • by P Banks
  • Posted on May 12, 2013
  • Announcements

I think this contains one of the most worrying news story I’ve ever heard, very sad news indeed. There was of course other exciting news in the world of astronomy with an incredible annular eclipse in […]

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Science this week…

  • by P Banks
  • Posted on January 13, 2013January 13, 2013
  • Announcements

I’ve just been sent this, and I thought it would be interesting to see what had made the news this week…

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Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

  • by P Banks
  • Posted on October 8, 2012December 23, 2012
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Yesterday John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka were announced as  the joint winners of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent. This discovery was one […]

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Musical Chemists

  • by P Banks
  • Posted on June 17, 2012December 22, 2012
  • Announcements

  Today the President of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Prof David Phillips appeared on BBC Radio 3’s private passions. As you head toward the end of your exams perhaps have a listen to one of […]

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Rare earth elements

  • by P Banks
  • Posted on June 6, 2012April 4, 2016
  • A-Level

You may have seen the news that the planet Venus passed across the sun today in an event that will not be seen again for another 105 years. Such a rare astronomical event got me […]

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