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Mark Lorch

Mark Lorch

The chemistry behind your LCD flat-screen devices: how a scientist changed the world

In a laboratory at the University of Hull 50 years ago, a new chemical compound was created that would impact the world as much as any…

Feb 23, 2022

The chemistry behind your LCD flat-screen devices: how a scientist changed the world

Feb 23, 2022

Mark Lorch

#Just143

Just 143 interactions brought COVID from Wuhan to me. I can’t know the tales behind the interactions, but together we can imagine them.

Nov 9, 2021

#Just143

Nov 9, 2021

Mark Lorch

Great Explanations — 20 amazing scientists on the best thing they ever learnt

Help to get this amazing book off the ground by bagging a reward at https://unbound.com/books/great-explanations/

Sep 16, 2021

Great Explanations — 20 amazing scientists on the best thing they ever learnt

Sep 16, 2021

Mark Lorch

The Periodic Dinner Table

A demo packed chemistry show crossed with a comedy sketch and a game of bingo played on a periodic table.

Aug 9, 2021

The Periodic Dinner Table

Aug 9, 2021

Mark Lorch

Kids are using soft drinks to fake positive COVID tests — I’ve worked out the science and how to…

Children are always going to find cunning ways to bunk off school, and the latest trick is to fake a positive COVID-19 lateral flow test…

Jul 2, 2021

Kids are using soft drinks to fake positive COVID tests — I’ve worked out the science and how to…

Jul 2, 2021

Mark Lorch

Scientists invent home COVID-19 test using coffee machine capsules

Transitioning to home working had its challenges for us all, but when your job involves researching biological applications for…

Apr 6, 2021

Scientists invent home COVID-19 test using coffee machine capsules

Apr 6, 2021

Mark Lorch

Four ways to respond to vaccine sceptics — and maybe even convince them

For most of the 20th century, more than 60,000 people died in the US from polio, diphtheria and small pox each year. In 2016, the American…

Nov 25, 2020

Four ways to respond to vaccine sceptics — and maybe even convince them

Nov 25, 2020

Mark Lorch

The repeating table of things that make up everything

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Jul 2, 2020

The repeating table of things that make up everything

Jul 2, 2020

Mark Lorch

Curiosity and distress

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind

Jul 2, 2020

Curiosity and distress

Jul 2, 2020

Mark Lorch

The astronomical length of DNA

How far would all of your DNA stretch?

Jul 25, 2019

The astronomical length of DNA

Jul 25, 2019

Mark Lorch

Mark Lorch

Prof of Science Communication and chemistry & dyslexic writer e.g. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/ebook/978-1-78262-487-5, https://theconversation.com/

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