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Discusses the adaptive radiation of genetically very close species of plants classified into three genera, ‘Argyroxiphium’, ‘Dubautia’ and ‘Wilkesia’, known as the Silversword Alliance. Shows...
Shows how absolute, static and dynamic gravity surveys are carried out in the field. The volcanoes studied include Poas in Costa Rica and Etna in Sicily.
The biology and behaviour of Hawaiian ‘Drosophila’, - the so-called ‘picture-wings’ - showing the life cycle and male-male and male-female interactions. Discusses a natural fungicide that is a...
Using scanning electron microscopy, examines Cretaceous fossil fish whose internal structure, e.g. gill lamellae, musculature, etc. had been preserved by bacteria-induced phosphatisation in the tissue within...
1 (15 min): Close-up photography of colour reactions and colour of metal ions in solution. Titanium dioxide, tetrachloride, and reduction of titanium IV to III. Manganese ions from II to VII, and oxidation...
Visits THORP, the thermal oxide reprocessing plant at Sellafield. Shows receipt and storage operations; a small-scale demonstration of the chemistry of reprocessing with the separation of uranium, plutonium...
Uses electromyography (EMB) to examine the evolution of man from the hominid-pongid split about 7.5 million years ago. By precisely determining muscle function in humans and apes, and examining fossil bones...
Looks at two methods of dating granite. Shap granite in Cumbria is dated using corroborative fossil evidence and the construction of a geological map. In a laboratory the method of using radioactive decay of...
Illustrates meteorite research, including an appraisal of Halley’s Comet; meteorite collecting in the Antarctic; the OU research related to the origin of SNC meteorites which have possibly come from Mars;...
Deals with the polymerisation and the properties of man-made polymers. Examines three polymers produced on the largest scale: polyethylene, polypropylene and nylon 66. In each case samples of the polymer are...
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