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Living in a material world: the importance of materials science and engineering

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COMPOSITE – a material made from two materials with different physical and chemical properties. A material’s chemical properties are equally important. Expertise in physics and chemistry is needed to explore material properties, while engineering skills are needed to manufacture and test materials. STRUCTURE AND SCALE.

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Top tips for engaging your STEM students

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growing plants), chemistry (e.g., performing chemical reactions) and physics (e.g., Mathematics teachers teach mathematics in classrooms, chemistry teachers teach chemistry in labs, and PE teachers teach sports on the playing field. Or physics with music , to explore the frequency and pitch of sounds?

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Classroom resources for the new school year

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Chemistry Atmospheric chemistry – When we invent new chemicals, Dr Tran Nguyen studies how they react in the atmosphere and what this might mean for air pollution, acid rain and climate change. Physics Quantum physics – Associate Professor Jacquiline Romero is investigating quantum entanglement by experimenting with photons.

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Examining the extremely small

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A nanometre (nm) is a unit of measurement equal to a billionth of a metre, or 0.000001 mm. Nanoscientists manipulate materials at the atomic and molecular level, and thus nanoscience merges physics, chemistry, materials science and biology,” explains Susanne. How small are things at the nanoscale?

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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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But by the end of the 1800s, with the existence of molecules increasingly firmly established, the Second Law began to often be treated as an almost-mathematically-proven necessary law of physics. The theory of heat will hereafter form one of the most important branches of general physics. physics) in Glasgow—began to be curious about.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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The ability to travel to reach educational or employment opportunities is essential for ensuring social equality. HOW DOES PUBLIC TRANSPORT AFFECT INEQUALITY? For those without private cars, or who are unable to walk, this means relying on public transport systems. HOW DOES PUBLIC TRANSPORT AFFECT INEQUALITY?

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What can stars reveal about galaxies and what can cultures reveal about stars?

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LIGHT-YEAR – the distance travelled by light in one year (equal to ~9,000,000,000,000 km). I liked all kinds of science when I was at school – biology, chemistry, physics. I was used to solving maths, physics, and chemistry problems, but they were invariably problems that someone had set and, therefore, knew the answer to.