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Welcome to this week’s edition of Throwback Thursday, where we’re going to be taking an up-close look at an important invention that really magnified our lives. If you haven’t already guessed by the puns, this week we are going to be learning about the first microscope! 

Aluminium foil can be found in kitchen drawers and cabinets in many homes. Originally, it came as a replacement for Tin foil after World War II; not only was it cheaper and more durable, it also helped to avoid the slight ‘tin taste’ of food that was wrapped in Tin foil. Not long after a patent for the continuous rolling process was taken out in Switzerland, Toblerone began wrapping its chocolate bars with Aluminium foil. This solidified its wide-ranging use with food and confectionary!

Despite the title of this article, today we aren’t going to be learning about knights, horses, kings and treasure. Today we’re looking at the Noble Gases. Welcome to the new edition of Throwback Thursday (science edition)! Whether you’re already acquainted with the Nobles or this is your first encounter (perhaps you studied them in school but have since forgotten), together let’s start our learning quest!

Tungsten metal, also known as Wolfram, was first isolated back in 1783 by J.J. and F. Ehuijar in Vergara, Sweden. The metal itself is quite rare, found exclusively in the Earth’s crust bound within ores and other chemical compounds. Tungsten metal is lustrous and silvery-white in colour, found in the ore Wolframite, an iron manganese tungstate mineral. 

Sparkling water, fizzy water, carbonated water – call it what you will, this is a beverage that splits opinions in today’s society! Welcome to this week’s Throwback Thursday, where we will be looking into carbonated water, who invented it and how it came to be. Whether it’s a delicious, refreshing beverage or something that tastes like TV static to you, it’s still an interesting journey.

Polyimide Film is an innovative material which sits on the high-performance end of the polymer spectrum. Possessing a unique combination of properties allows it to be used in a wide range of applications, which leads us to this article, as there’s a lot we can talk about.

Glass is almost everywhere we look; the outside world is literally covered in glass (if you look at it through your window). There are two main defining characteristics of glass. First, it’s an amorphous (non-crystalline) solid, which means there isn’t a long-range order in the positioning of its molecules. 

It’s a well-known fact that, like snowflakes, the fingerprints of no two individuals are the same. The ancient Babylonians were creative with this knowledge. They would press the tips of their fingers into clay to record a business transaction. 

Welcome to this week’s edition of our blog series, Throwback Thursday! It goes without saying, electricity is something the modern world takes for granted. So, who do we have to thank for bringing us the spark…? Who invented electricity?!