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Asked by nicolaspencer to Catherine, Charlotte, Colin, Becki, Rick on 20 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by sajmo08.
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Rebecca Scott answered on 20 Jun 2013:
At the moment I have been mixing different types of ancient glasses and melting them together to see if I can identify a ‘recycling’ pattern. I’m going to then look at the chemistry of Roman glass artefacts to see if can see the same patterns and answer the question of whether the Romans recycled their glass.
I’m also going to stick bits of glass into different types of acid to see how they corrode, so we can then tell what has happened to ancient glasses from different burial environments.
And in a few weeks I’m going to Turkey with my pXRF (thing that looks like a star trek phaser) to use X-rays to analyse the composition of Roman metal slags, ceramics and glass in the field.
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Charlotte Dalton answered on 20 Jun 2013:
I am working on some new chemical reactions to attach a fluorophore (part of a molecule that absorbs and emits light) to some sugar molecules we have made similar to those in your body, we are then going to use them with a fluorescent protein to see how they interact.
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Catherine Fontinelle answered on 20 Jun 2013:
Today I tested 200 samples for chlamydia, one sample for MRSA PCR and eleven samples for legionella and pneumonia
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Colin Swift answered on 20 Jun 2013:
Safety aspects of certain lasers – assessing their hazards. Looking into improving the use of photodynamic therapy to kill cancer cells.
Comments
redfox20 commented on :
Lazers are intresting to find out about
suttz99 commented on :
they hurt if u shine them in peoples eyes