Ex-Head of Chemistry who tutors A-level and GCSE
I have been teaching and tutoring A-level chemistry since 1994 and I have helped countless students achieve the high grades often required for university entrance.
15/09/2022
Wow
New phases of water detected Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that water in a one-molecule layer acts like neither a liquid nor a solid, and that it becomes highly conductive at high pressures.
08/06/2022
All you need to know!
25/05/2022
'The beat goes on' for antibiotic resistant bacteria!
Graphene 'drums' pick up vibrations from individual bacteria – Physics World Drums made from the 2D carbon sheet might be used to detect antibiotic resistance quickly and simply by monitoring bacterial movement
21/05/2022
Monoclonal antibodies could help damaged nerve cells to regenerate whilst protecting the elderly from viral infection!
T cells block nerve cell regeneration with age, but can be reversed – mice study | Imperial News | Imperial College London New research in mice shows T cells prevent damaged nerve cells from regenerating due to a reversible, ageing-related mechanism.
10/05/2022
Love this.
“Visualizing the Proton” – Physicists’ Innovative Animation Depicts the Subatomic World in a New Way An art-science collaboration tests the limits of visual technologies. Try to picture a proton — the tiny, positively charged particle within an atomic nucleus — and you may envision a familiar, textbook diagram: a bundle of billiard balls representing quarks and gluons. From the solid sphere mod...
09/05/2022
Incredible
Magnets made by soil bacteria offer hope for breast and prostate cancer Scientists at Sheffield University have found a novel way of guiding anti-tumour viruses to their target
29/03/2022
The future of medicines.
Matching drugs to DNA is 'new era of medicine' Testing can predict if drugs will work, fail or become deadly, depending on differences in our make-up.
16/03/2022
'The future is orange' after all! 👍🏼
World’s deepest hole offers ‘inexhaustible clean energy’ Quaise Energy says deep geothermal could allow any country to become energy independent
03/02/2022
Exciting development. 👍🏼
First patients of pioneering CAR T-cell therapy ‘cured of cancer’ Cancer-killing cells still present 10 years on, with results suggesting therapy is a cure for certain blood cancers
25/12/2021
Incredible achievement. ⚛️
James Webb Space Telescope lifts off on historic mission The launch of the $10bn successor to the Hubble telescope opens a new era in space exploration.
12/12/2021
Ho ho ho.
Compound Interest on Twitter “Day 11 of looks at one way of making the 'snow' in snow globes ❄️”
01/12/2021
Happy December! 🎄
Compound Interest on Twitter “December is just a few hours away, and that means it's time! No new edition this year, I'm afraid (having a toddler *and* a one-month-old keeps you busy), but there are previous editions, starting with this one on festive chemistry: https://t.co/BusugqEBWH 🧵 (1/3)”