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Tag: AQA GCSE Biology 1.1

22 Jan From very small to even smaller

human cheek cells x100 microscope methylene blue

Cells are really important: all living things are made of them. They are often one of the first things you learn about when you start secondary school, and feature prominently at GCSE and A-Level too. And they are fascinating – and ...

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  • AQA GCSE Biology 1.1 , cells , eukaryotes , imaging , microscopy , prokaryotes , things to make and do , try this at home

17 Nov The Fall of the Superbug?

e-coli superbug antibiotic resistance

Inspired by my trip to the Superbugs exhibition at London’s Science Museum, last week I wrote about the Rise of the Superbug and how they came to be. Obviously we want to do our best to prevent any more developing, but that still ...

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  • antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , AQA GCSE Biology 1.1 , AQA GCSE Biology 3.1 , AQA GCSE Biology 6.2 , AQA GCSE Biology 6.3 , AQA GCSE Working Scientifically 1.3 , AQA GCSE Working Scientifically 1.4 , AQA GCSE Working Scientifically 1.5 , bacteria , ethics , etymology , infections , mutations , proteins , research , superbugs , thinking outside the box , viruses

10 Nov The Rise of the Superbug

Superbugs antibiotic resistance Science Museum

This year, antibiotics were voted Britain’s greatest invention by the public in a TV collaboration between the BBC and the Science Museum. And it’s true: antibiotics really have changed the world. Antibiotic use has its downsides ...

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  • antbiotics , antibiotic resistance , AQA GCSE Biology 1.1 , AQA GCSE Biology 3.1 , AQA GCSE Biology 6.2 , AQA GCSE Biology 6.3 , bacteria , etymology , infections , mutations , nobel prize , penicillin , superbugs

10 Oct A picture speaks a thousand words: Protein imaging, and why it is important

zika virus protein nobel prize chemistry 2017

Last week, the Nobel Prizes for 2017 were announced. The Chemistry Prize went to three scientists for what Scientific American termed “Capturing Proteins in Action”. But why is this important? Especially for the Chemistry Prize? ...

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  • AQA GCSE Biology 1.1 , AQA GCSE Biology 2.2 , AQA GCSE Biology 3.1 , AQA GCSE Biology 6.1 , AQA GCSE Chemistry 7.3 , imaging , microscopy , NMR , nobel prize , proteins , research
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