Rego Times Articles
04/02/2011 10:41
I recently discovered a new and very exciting material whilst browsing the Internet. We have all heard of buckminsterfullerene and how it looks like a football, but have we heard of graphene - which is a flat allotrope of carbon where interlinked hexagons are just one atom thick? The material is...
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10/12/2010 08:16
The planet Mercury was named by the Romans after the fleet-footed messenger of the gods because it seemed to move more quickly than any other planet. Mercury is an innocent-looking liquid metal too and is used in thermometers. It also moves very fast when disturbed. It is however a very...
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06/12/2010 13:36
The word is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word seolfur, Latin argentum and similar words exist in most European languages. The Chinese character 银 yín means silver and is to be seen every time you walk down the high street at a “silver place” or 银行, the bank.
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17/11/2010 08:10
Chrysanthemums are a very special flower which are only in bloom at this time of year. I recently took a photograph of my neighbour's stunning flower heads and this article is the result of a little further investigation. Read on...
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04/11/2010 19:57
Sulphur (sulfur, US) is a non-metallic element which has a bright lemon yellow colour. It has been known to humankind since ancient times. Its name comes from the Sanskrit word, गंधक sulvari and the Latin word sulphurium. It is often called brimstone and this word is derived from the Middle...
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04/10/2010 08:40
Without this valuable commodity, life on Earth would not exist. Increasingly, pollutants are contaminating our water supply and nothing is being done to remedy the serious consequences. Droughts and floods are both caused by water imbalances and global weather seems to be unpredictable. Sadly, it...
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22/06/2010 09:27
How do you think the MagLev train in Shanghai and the metallic hydrogen which makes up the interior of Jupiter are connected?
What are superconductors and why is their future so bright? Technology is certainly changing rapidly and discoveries in outer space are now fuelling scientific innovation...
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28/02/2010 09:16
All Year 11 students are now studying hard for their examinations and the Haber process is a topic which always seems to crop up in the IGCSE chemistry exam, but how many students know that Fritz Haber was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1918? Does anyone else know who first developed the catalyst used...
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10/01/2010 11:48
Students are at this moment producing some exciting work on the environment.
I am hoping we can present this at a school assembly this month. Students have
been busy going around the school and their homes collecting information on how we
can improve the way we use energy and dispose of...
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10/11/2009 08:27
The lower picture is of nickel atoms. The big bump is a xenon atom. The tip of the pimple is a peek through to the nickel atom underneath. Viewing a single atom is possible due to nanotechnology.
Everyone has heard of the new small devices including the i-pod nano, wireless chips,...
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