All Health articles – Page 3
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ExperimentUsing indigestion tablets to neutralise an acid
Investigate and measure the neutralising effect of indigestion tablets on hydrochloric acid in this class practical. Includes kit list and safety instructions.
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Resource
You are what you ate
This C/PBL resource looks at the metabolic causes and incidence of obesity in the cultural and social environment within which students, tutors, and institutions operate. Students are presented with a problem, the growing incidence of obesity, in a real life context in which the core subject, metabolic chemistry, plays a ...
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Faces of Chemistry – Sun lotion
Learn from scientists at Croda about how the chemistry behind sun lotions helps protect our skin from damaging ultraviolet radiation.
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Feature
The rhythm of life
Emma Davies explores how unravelling the complex mechanisms of the body clock has led to some fascinating discoveries and a 2017 Nobel prize
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Soundbite
A real fake tan: melanin minus mutation
Rowan Frame explains how a new drug might make sunburn a thing of the past
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Feature
Know your poison: the festival chemical safety net
How analytical chemistry helps reduce the harms of drug use
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Magnificent molecules
Arsenic trioxide
How a ‘daft’ pharmacy mix up led to a series of poisonings in Victorian Britain
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Soundbite
Is there a dark secret in your crispy potatoes?
Acrylamide may not be quite as bad as it seems
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Soundbite
Time to get out the vitamin D
Nina Notman looks at recent advice to start popping vitamin D supplements during the shorter days
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Resource
Water! Water!
A resource pack including a student worksheet, teachers’ notes and four presentations looking at one of the most vital substances on planet Earth - water.
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Chemistry in sport
Our very first global experiment compares the performance enhancement of student-made sports drinks vs water
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News
Grand challenges set for science students
New competition asks young people to explore solutions for global health and development issues
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Shape-shifting hydrogel can heal itself
New material returns to its original shape even when cut into pieces
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Gold nanoclusters offer route to better vaccines
New technique improves immune response and safety of hepatitis E vaccine
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Why do we worry about chemicals?
Here we provide you with public facing ‘Message Notes’ aimed at the wider public. These notes have the purpose of providing balanced information explaining the risks associated with chemicals of high concern. They also explain how chemists address and manage these risks.
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Smallest ever molecular thermometers made from DNA
Tiny fragments of DNA combined with fluorescent probes can be used to take temperature at the nanoscale
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