Dimensions

A lecturer showed us this way back in first year! I still don’t think I’ve managed to get my head around it but seriously crazy to think that this is how the world is shaped! #neveragainquantumphysics

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The Northern Lights

Just before Christmas I went with a couple of friends to Reykjavik in Iceland primarily with the aim of seeing the northern lights and we did! It was a bitterly cold night on a boat in the ocean with so many clothes on that we couldn’t tie our laces but we were lucky enough for […]

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Cake Chemistry

I like most of the British am a full blown addict of The Great British Bake Off, and every year it comes on I think myself the next Mary Berry whilst turning out some cake disasters. But what happens when you mix baking with a lab?

This professor from the University of Nottingham is great and you should really check out the rest of his videos on the periodic table!

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Entropy

Entropy is one of the key principles of thermodynamics, and is defined in the second law of thermodynamics: “The entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium.” But what does this mean? Entropy is defined as the disorder within a system An isolated […]

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Fireworks

Up and down the country this week thousands of people will be celebrating bonfire night, the night of Guy Fawkes’ failed attempt at blowing up parliament. But what are fireworks? Unbeknownst to most fireworks were invented by the chinese over 1000 years ago to drive off evil spirits, made up of only a few components […]

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Sugar in Science

  To most people all that sugar is perceived to be is part of your diet, and the biggest question asked is one sugar or two in a cup of tea. The idea that sugar is essential in life and we wouldn’t exist without it is completely alien let alone that it can be used […]

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