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Berkeley Lab: Did You Ever Wonder? Labor Saving Science
Students investigate robotics in molecular biology and capillary electrophoresis. The article examines the accomplishments of Joe Jaklevic. The resource consists of pictures, quotes, and links to additional resources.
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Berkeley Lab: Did You Ever Wonder? About the Mysteries of Ocean Chemistry?
Students investigate ocean chemistry. The article discusses Jim Bishop, ocean cycle, the biology of the sea, and carbon in the sea. The resource consists of pictures, quotes, and links to additional resources.
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Berkeley Lab: Did You Ever Wonder? Best Bugs for Cleaning Up Toxic Waste?
Students explore bioremediation. The article discusses how to use infrared synchrotron light to study the biological response of living microbes to contaminants. The resource consists of pictures, quotes, and links to additional resources.
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Berkeley Lab: The Fruitful & Inventive Mind of Scientist Luis Alvarez
This article, reprinted from the fall 1979 LBL News Magazine, was written about Dr. Luis Alvarez and his part in the study of geological sediments and the great extinctions.
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Berkeley Lab: Did You Ever Wonder? How to Carve With Light?
Students explore nanotechnology. The article discusses deep-etch lithography and three-dimensional micromachines. The resource consists of pictures, quotes, and links to additional resources.
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Berkeley Lab: Did You Ever Wonder? What Makes a Normal Cell Turn Cancerous?
Students investigate what makes a normal cell turn cancerous. The article discusses the work of cell biologist Kunxin Luo. The resource consists of pictures, quotes, and links to additional resources.
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Berkeley Lab: Did You Ever Wonder? Why the Digits of Pi Look Random?
Students investigate the randomness of the digits of pi. The article discusses David Bailey, experimental mathematics, and numerical algorithms. The resource consists of pictures, quotes, and links to additional resources.
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Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure: Wavelength, the Cave
This analogy story explains the manner in which the wavelength of light affects the maximum resolution of a microscope.
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Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure: Leptons
This particle physics tutorial discusses the different types of leptons: the electron, tau lepton, muon lepton, and neutrinos.
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Berkeley Lab: The Particle Adventure: Quarks
An introduction to the six different types of quarks: the up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom quarks.
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Berkeley Lab: Particle Adventure: The Standard Model
An introduction to the Standard Model, a theory which attempts to explain atomic structure using leptons, quarks, and force carrier particles.
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Berkeley Lab: La Aventura De Las Particulas
Learn the fundamentals of particles and forces with this site. Explore the paths that explain matter in the universe.
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Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Medicine: Radioisotopes for Diagnosis and Treatment
A brief explanation of the use of radioisotopes in nuclear medicine.
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Berkeley Lab: Phases of Nuclear Matter
A brief explanation of determining the temperature and density at which the critical point of nuclear matter is located.
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Berkeley Lab: Space Applications: Radiation Induced Effects
A brief explanation of radiation belts, or Van Allen belts, in space above the surface of the earth.
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Berkeley Lab: Did You Ever Wonder? The Invisible Wonders of the Nanoworld
Students investigate the invisible marvels of the nanoworld. Some topics examined are nanometer, nanostructures, and a diode. The resource consists of pictures, quotes, and links to additional resources.
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Berkeley Lab: University of California: Electromagnetic Radiation
This page defines electromagnetic radiation. Included are links to more information.
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Berkeley Lab: Radioactivity
Overview of radioactivity, the process in which particles are emitted from nuclei as a result of nuclear instability.
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Berkeley Lab: Alpha Decay
Using examples, this page defines and explains what happens in the process of alpha decay.
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Berkeley Lab: Beta Decay
Entry explores the process of beta decay which occurs when, in a nucleus with too many protons or too many neutrons, one of the protons or neutrons is transformed into the other.
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Berkeley Lab: Gamma Decay
A brief explanation of the process of gamma decay is provided.
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Berkeley Lab: The Discovery of Radioactivity
Features an overview of the discovery of radioactivity by Henri Becquerel in 1896.
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Berkeley Lab: Radioactivity in Nature
This entry provides a summary of radioactivity in nature and the decay chain.
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Berkeley Lab: Units of Radioactivity
Provided is a brief explanation of the units of radioactivity and how they are measured.