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Tag: etymology

02 Dec Mirror Image Molecules: The Two Faces of Thalidomide

R-Thalidomide optical isomers stereoisomerism

I like December. I like the changing weather, and the cold and frost (weird, I know – I just like being able to wrap up warm and go outside!), and the anticipation of Christmas. I like excuses to stay inside curled up with the cats. ...

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  • AQA GCSE Biology 1.2 , AQA GCSE Biology 2.2 , AQA GCSE Biology 3.1 , AQA GCSE Working Scientifically 1.1 , AQA GCSE Working Scientifically 1.3 , AQA GCSE Working Scientifically 1.4 , AQA GCSE Working Scientifically 1.5 , AQA GCSE Working Scientifically 1.6 , chirality , drug development , ethics , etymology , isomerism , optical isomerism , specificity , stereoisomerism , thalidomide

24 Nov Wibbly Wobbly: Jelly Chemistry

gelatine agar polysaccharide polymer protein gellification hydrogen bonding structure

As anyone who knows me will tell you, I like food and I like cooking. I especially like being creative with flavours, textures, and presentation, particularly making things look something else / not food / similar. (The time I made ...

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  • AQA GCSE Chemistry 2.2 , AQA GCSE Chemistry 5.1 , AQA GCSE Chemistry 7.3 , cooling , etymology , gellification , heating , hydrogen bonding , jelly , kitchen chemistry , polymers , polysaccharides , proteins , 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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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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02 Nov Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November; Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot

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This weekend will see bonfires and fireworks across the country, remembering and celebrating the gunpowder plot (or rather, the foiling there of) in 1605. But what is the science of gunpowder, key to the original gunpowder plot and ...

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