2014 3MT Competition Finals: Does Music Act as a Mediator in the Zone of Proximal Development for Second Language Learning?
2014 3MT Competition Finals: Resistance Training & Protein Supplementation on Body Composition in Breast Cancer Survivors
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Advanced hybrid electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for biomedical applications
Brahatheeswaran describes how tissue scaffolds can be made in novel ways. Ā This lecture is his PhD thesis defence.
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Etherification and olefination reactions play an important role in synthetic organic chemistry on a daily basis. As organic chemists we apply these methods to tackle synthetic targets of ever increasing complexity. As a graduate student in the Dudley....
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Aswathy presents her PhD thesis defence lecture where she describes the use in drug-delivery of nanoparticles.
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Baiju describes the important uses of magnetic nano particles for delivering anti-cancer drugs. Ā This talk was part of his PhD thesis defence.
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The development of reliable molecular scale building blocks for the construction of nanoscale devices is one of the greatest challenges for the development of numerous applications of these exciting materials. This research describes our efforts in t....
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The science of carbon nanotubes and related materials. How can we use them to make novel hybrid structures?
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Darryl Ventura presents his research into developing functional carbon nanotube based materials.
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Saino describes her success in developing electrochemical biosensors during her PhD course at Toyo University.
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Studies of direct cluster nuclear transfer reactions to give information about angular momentum values in excited states of nuclei.
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We are faced with energy challenges and the promise of power with hydrogen. The fuel cell and solid state hydrogen storage methodologies are currently limited by materials and represent the cutting edge of energy technology. Implementation to a real ....
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During his PhD thesis defence, Ankur looks at the ways in which various techniques are used for the creation of the desired structural characteristics of carbon nanotubes
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We have synthesized different alkali metal peroxychromates and K3NbO8 doped with K3CrO8crystals based on rare oxidation state of Chromium (V).We have studied their spectroscopic properties using EPR and pulsed EPR. Coherent spin manipulation on Cr+5 ....
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Studies of nuclear stability using gamma-ray spectroscopy. Use in security scanning; PET scans;
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Two University of Sheffield students have recorded a video of the Earth from the edge of space, using homemade equipment and on a shoestring budget.
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CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) interference is a newly discovered immune system acquired by bacteria and archaea. This system has attracted great attention in research and industry because of its potential applicat....
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During the defence of his doctoral thesis, Mohamed describes his work and investigation of curcin, the ribosome-inactivating protein and the ways it may be used in the treatment of cancer.
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A review of the properties and behaviour of liquid crystals. Temperature effects.
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Jonathan Christian discusses what it means to be a material/physical chemist. He shows how a physical chemist characterizes materials using his research into Chromium 3+ polyoxometalates.
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Srivani describes in her PhD dissertation lecture how silica nano-materials can be used in both the imaging and treatment of cancer-related angiogenesis.
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