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Catalyst Volume 23 Issue 3: Full Magazine
This issue of Catalyst includes the following articles:
In this article, students at La Sainte Union Catholic School in North London investigate the link between lichen species and air pollution around their school.
Fracking: an Energy Revolution?
This article looks at hydraulic fracking, the process of breaking up rocks deep underground using high-pressure water mixed with sand and chemicals.
This article looks at the topic of human memory. While it is clear that memory is essential in so many ways, there are many myths about how memory works.
This article explores how high-speed photography can reveal how mosquitoes can keep dry while flying in the rain.
In this article, Mike Follows describes the surprising range of thermometers available to scientists today.
This article looks at how the structure and properties of chocolate change when it is melted and re-solidified.
Uncovering the Magical World of Signalling
This article takes a look at the winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2012 who revealed how cells communicate.
In this article, Laura Plant describes the time she spent in the Amazon rainforest in northern Peru on a project researching the impacts of forestry on the plants and animals that live there.
Catalyst is a science magazine for students aged 14-19 years. Annual subscriptions to print copies of the magazine can be purchased from Mindsets.
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