New Clinical Research Facility opens at Medical School
A new unit specifically built to help pioneering medical scientists translate their research into more effective treatments for patients is being unveiled at The University of Nottingham.
The newly refurbished wing within the Medical School section of the Queen's Medical Centre is a state-of-the-art, tailor-made space for evaluating new treatments in patients from the East Midlands and across the UK.
It is the first time medical researchers in Nottingham and the wider region have had access
2.4.1 Try some yourself
Communication is as vital in mathematics as in any language. This unit will help you to express yourself clearly when writing and speaking about mathematics. You will also learn how to answer questions in the manner that is expected by the examiner.
1.6 Significant figures for numbers less than one
Scientific calculators are a wonderful invention, but they're only as good as the people who use them. If you often get an unexpected – or ridiculous – result when you press the ‘enter’ button, this unit is for you. Learn how to do a calculation correctly and get the right answer every time.
1.2.2 Rounding to the nearest ten
Scientific calculators are a wonderful invention, but they're only as good as the people who use them. If you often get an unexpected – or ridiculous – result when you press the ‘enter’ button, this unit is for you. Learn how to do a calculation correctly and get the right answer every time.
Parts of an Insect (Grasshopper)
This illustrated guide to a grasshopper is designed to help students recognize and learn the body parts of an insect. The single Web page, which can be easily printed for use at field sites or in the lab, also includes a short description for the following labeled parts: head thorax antenna abdomen spiracles coxa trochanter femur tibia tarsus genitalia wings.
Landsat-7 Pamlico River Zoom: July 6, 1999
Zoom down to the Pamlico River in North Carolina, from Landsat imagery taken on July 6, 1999.
Faculty conversations: Jeff Grabill
Jeff Grabill, professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures and co-director at the Writing in Digital Environments Research Center, talks about how writing and rhetoric are changing because of today's communication technologies.
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HoloGlobe: Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly on a Flat Earth
This is one of a series of animations that were produced to be part of the narrated video shown in the HoloGlobe exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Earth Today exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
Surfing the Web - Quiz
Are you web wise?
I love that Teaching Idea
I really don't promote too many other websites that are basically the same as my own but I came across I love that Teaching Idea and found it has loads of great teaching ideas just like we do.&nb
Make Science cool again with the surfing Scientist
The Surfing Scientist is a great collection of videos and tutoirals on how to do some simple yet effective science experiments with younger students and teeenagers. Really easy to follow and highly recommended. Author(s):
The unheard story of noise pollution
At the end of this task you will be able to lodge a complaint by phone concerning noise pollution at night. In order to complete this task successfully you first learn how to lodge a complaint. In the second exercise you read an article concerning noise pollution at night caused by air traffic.
Wapens tegen spam
You can understand a verbal explanation of business products
Bumblebee declines, microbes, and amazing birds
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: what UK farmers are doing to protect the country's vanishing bumblebees, butterflies and other pollinating insects; how scientists are trying to figure out how many types of microbes there are on our planet and why they all matter; and why birds are more amazing than we ever imagined.
1.6.3 C. Worker as liberator
In this unit, we look at the roles that are taken when working with young people. We focus on what those working with young people actually do, starting with some analysis of roles. We show that, in the context of work with young people, the term is more than simply a statement about who does what: it also says something about the kinds of relationships we form with young people and the values we bring to our work. We then move on to discuss roles in relation to the ‘bigger picture’ of organ
Wisskomm Vodcast, 50. Woche 2007
German Vodcast about Science Communication. Diese Woche unter anderem über den neuen Wettbewerb "Wissenschaft interaktiv!" von "Wissenschaft im Dialog" (WiD), der junge Wissenschaftler und Pressestellen zusammenbringen soll. Dazu ein Interview. Außerdem: Studiengang "Science Communications" in Bremen, eine Studie zum Wortschatz der "Tagesschau", der kleinste Adventskalender der Welt, "Brehms verlorenes Tierleben" als schönes Weihnachtsgeschenk und: Joachim Bublath (ZDF) wird Wissenschaftsjour
