Using Darwin to help define the Biological Essentiality of Silicon and Aluminium

In this year, 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of ‘On the Origin of Species’ a UK scientist has used Darwin’s seminal work on Natural Selection in helping to define the biological essentiality of the second (silicon) and third (aluminium) most abundant elements of the Earth’s [...]

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Keele scientists in their element with chemistry podcasts

Two scientists from Keele University have contributed podcasts to an interactive look at the periodic table.
Professor Pat Bailey and Dr Katherine Haxton appear in Chemistry World’s Chemistry In Its Element series, in which a leading scientist or author takes a look at the story behind an element.
Professor Bailey compares Boron to a “boring, middle-aged accountant [...]

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Protective role for copper in Alzheimer’s disease

New research has shown that there could be a protective role for copper in Alzheimer’s disease.
Two articles in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (Volume 18: 4) by Dr Chris Exley, Reader in Bioinorganic Chemistry in the Research Institute for the Environment, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics at Keele University, UK, (“Copper [...]

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Glittering and glinting, the world’s biggest diamond structure heads to the West End

The largest representation ever created of the atomic structure of diamond will be brought to the West End on Tuesday, 21 July for public exhibition.
The sculpture is one of three works of science art portraying carbon made in recent weeks by Keele University and called collectively Carbon Rapture.
Carbon Rapture will be located in the courtyard of [...]

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Keele University on YouTube

We’ve just created a Keele University YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/KeeleUniversity and have uploaded six videos about life at Keele – a general overview and films which look at Psychology, Computer Science, Life Sciences, Maths and Chemistry and Forensic Science.
We hope you enjoy them!

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