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NEWSLETTER SUMMER TERM 2026

Editor’s Note

Psychology

Physics

Maths

Chemistry

Biology

STEM Legends Florence Nightingale

David Attenborough

Évariste Galois

Science Jokes

David Attenborough Documentary Recommendations

Matilda Effect

STEM Careers you may not have thought of

Editor’s Note Dear Tormeadians, We are bringing the Summer Term STEM Newsletter to you all for more interesting and exciting science news! In this edition we will be exploring the Matilda Effect, science jokes as well as a mathematical legend. In the summer edition of the STEM Newsletter, we have particularly focused on the importance of encouraging and nurturing young women in STEM. Promoting gender equality in science necessitates a multi-faced approach. To create a more balanced environment, it's crucial to support girls' interest in STEM from an early age, provide diverse role models to aspire and relate to, and offer bias awareness training for educators and professionals. In the following pages we will discuss the Matilda Effect in depth, on two women whose contributions to science have been invaluable and invisible. There are two important events to mark in this STEM Newsletter, the first being National Nurses Day. National Nurses Day is celebrated on May 6th, coinciding with the start of National Nurses Week, which runs from May 6th to May 12th every year. May 12th is Florence Nightingale’s

birthday. This day and week are celebrated to honour the work of the nurses who care for patients daily in a variety of healthcare settings. It also honours the nurses of the past and their dedication to the profession. National Nurses Day is the official kick-off to Nurses Week. There is information on context to Nightingale’s work if you keep reading. The second event is of course David Attenborough’s 100th birthday, Attenborough’s life’s work is highlighted later in the newsletter. A highlight into how this was celebrated involves the BBC gala at the Royal Albert Hall titled '100 Years on Planet Earth', hosted by Kirsty Young. Two live pythons made an appearance. So did Paddington Bear. Prince William delivered a tribute on stage, calling Attenborough's career a reminder that the natural world still has reason for hope. We hope that you love reading this edition, regardless of whether you are a budding scientist or curious at how STEM shapes our lives, there will be an article in this newsletter for you. Happy Reading! Sanaa and Sophia, Editors & STEM Mentors 1

Psychology - Bee New Guidance Published on the Use of AI in Psychology as Mental Health Impacts Rise ▶ Recently, there has been work to effectively integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into helping mental health patients. The GPA (Global Psychology Alliance) has been committed to the cause and sets out 10 key principles which provide recommendations around 3 areas: ethics, professional competence and access, and bias and inclusion. With the growth of AI, it is important for industries to incorporate it effectively and recognise how beneficial it could be. Dr David Harley, the co-chair of the BPS's Cyberpsychology Section, has

recognised this progress, stating that it, "signals a really important step for psychologists to take greater responsibility in relation to their use of AI in research and therapeutic work”. Although this provides new opportunity for psychologists working with mental health patients, we must also recognise the ethical issues that come with the integration of AI into healthcare. ▶ Additionally, Professor Roz Shafran, who works at University College London, has been awarded the Research Board Lifetime Achievement

Award for 2026. Her work has led to significant steps in treating obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders and perfectionism which can trigger other conditions such as depression. For over 30 years, she has worked on improving the psychological treatments for these disorders. She is particularly dedicated to ensuring that advances in psychology cause, ‘meaningful improvements in clinical practice’, which will have positive outcomes on not only patients with these conditions, but consequently society as a whole.

Psychology in Lessons Recently, Year 12 have been looking at how drugs can be used to treat disorders such as OCD by altering a person’s brain biochemistry. They demonstrated this by re-creating the synapse, on a much larger scale, and showing how the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine contribute to obsessive thoughts if levels are too low. This scenario was then done with addition of the drug, which forces serotonin to remain in the synapse for longer, reducing obsessive thoughts. Year 13 have been focussed on revision for their upcoming A-levels, which the memory topic is particularly useful for!

Clubs

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Last week, Psychology Club started in SF2. This is open to Years 10 and 11, who begun with an introduction to memory, looking at the capacity and duration of the short-term memory. They also got to take part in the studies used to measure these aspects of memory. The club will run every second lunch on a Green Week, so be sure not to miss the next few sessions on the coding of the short-term memory, before moving on to the long-term store. We can also answer any questions that you may have about studying the subject at A-level.

“New Guidance Sets out Principles for Understanding Artificial Intelligence in Psychology.” BPS, The British Psychological Society, 22 Apr. 2026 (accessed 29 April 2026). www.bps.org.uk/news/newguidance-sets-out-principlesunderstanding-artificialintelligence-psychology.

“Winner of the BPS Research Board’s Lifetime Achievement Award Announced.” BPS, The British Psychological Society, 20 Apr. 2026, accessed 29 Apr. 2026 www.bps.org.uk/news/winnerbps-research-boards-lifetimeachievement-award-announced. (Accessed 29 April 2026).

Physics – Zara Ground-breaking images released by NASA

Have you ever wondered what the heart of a galaxy looks like? Thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, we now have one of the most breathtaking answers yet. On the 8th of May, NASA released a new image showing the Messier 77 galaxy, a spiral galaxy located around 45 million light-years away from Earth. Messier sits within a region of the sky known as the Cetus, or "whale," constellation. A single light-year is roughly six trillion miles, meaning this galaxy is around 2.7 x 1020 miles away. As shown in the image, there is a bright, blazing core that sits in the middle of the galaxy. This core is powered by a supermassive black hole, an object so enormous it is eight million times more massive than our own Sun. Black holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape their pull. The gas surrounding this black hole is dragged into a tight, swirling orbit at tremendous speeds, heating up to such extreme temperatures that it glows intensely, lighting up the galaxy's core.

The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest and most powerful space telescope ever built. Launched in December 2021, it has been revolutionising our understanding of the universe ever since, photographing everything from distant galaxies formed shortly after the Big Bang to planets within our own solar system. To capture this level of detail, Webb used its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which detects types of light invisible to the human eye. Infrared imaging allows scientists to look through clouds of dust and gas that block the view, revealing hidden structures and features within galaxies that we have never seen before. Need help with anything Physics related? Have an upcoming test? Come to the Physics clinic on Mondays in the Physics labs, on ALL lunch. In the past we have helped with things ranging from measurements to forces and motion, so if you need help, do come along.

Want to see what picture Hubble took on your birthday? Go to https://science.nasa.gov/mission/ hubble/multimedia/what-didhubble-see-on-your-birthday/

Year 11 having fun revising forces before going off on study leave. Good luck!

REFERENCES phys.org (2026). Spiral galaxy’s Brilliant Heart Shines Bright in a New Picture from NASA’s Webb Telescope. [online] phys.org. Available at: https://phys.org/news/2026-05-spiral-galaxy-brilliant-heart-bright. html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynwletter (Accessed 9 May 2026). 3

Maths - Hannah Can predicting answers make you faster at mental maths? Researchers from the Université de Bordeaux and UCLouvain have discovered the human brain may begin solving arithmetic problems before all the numbers are presented to an individual. This was investigated by tracking the dilation of each participant’s pupils while they solved simple arithmetic calculations. Previous research has shown a strong correlation between pupil dilation and cognitive function. This enabled the research team to investigate whether the brain predicts likely answers as new information is given. The experiments involved volunteers listening to two numbers and adding them together in their heads. It was observed that pupils dilated more when the first number provided more clues about the final answer. For example, if the participants were told ’87 + ...’, it is likely they would predict the answer would be close to 100, in comparison if the first number was 12, there is a much larger range of possible outcomes for a simple mental maths problem. The research team suggests that these findings support the idea that humans use Bayesian inference while performing mental arithmetic. Bayesian inference is a statistical model in which probabilities are 4

calculated as new information is given. Previously this model has been used to help explain areas such as decision-making, image recognition, artificial intelligence and certain aspects of mental health research. However, this study explores how Bayesian inference could underpin higher level cognition including arithmetic processing. Participants who experienced greater pupil dilation also tended to solve the problems faster. Since pupil dilation is associated with cognitive effort and predictive processing, the researchers suggest that these participants were more actively estimating likely answers before the entire problem was presented. This supports the idea that Bayesian inference may improve the speed and efficiency of mental maths. Overall, the study suggests that the speed of mental maths may partially depend on how effectively the brain anticipates the possible outcomes and updates predictions once additional data becomes available. REFERENCES https://phys.org/news/2026-04mental-math-shortcut-pupildilation.html#google_vignette (accessed 06/05/26) https://oecs.mit.edu/pub/ lwxmte1p/release/2 (accessed 06/05/26)

Maths Clubs: Maths surgery is on every Wednesday for the whole of lunch in U5. It is open to all year groups, for anyone who needs extra help or consolidation of topics they are unsure of. Maths Advanced Problem-Solving Club is on every Thursday first lunch in U6 for Sixth Form; the club’s focus is on maths questions seen in entrance exams such as the TMUA or UCAT. Maths Past Paper Club is on Thursday after school for Year 11s; in this club you can independently complete past papers or with the support of teachers.

Chemistry - Ines Can ‘Aware AI’ revolutionise chemistry? Finding and developing new molecules is one of the most important things for advances in innovation to take place as it allows for new drugs to be created, improving healthcare and the creation of new materials with ideal properties. Researchers at the Universitat Rovira I Virgili (URV) have created an artificial intelligence system capable of designing new molecules which have never been discovered before but may still be chemically possible. The algorithm is similar to other artificial intelligence platforms which generate text or images but with molecules. The model doesn’t reply to specific instructions as of yet but generates possible chemical molecules using the “rules of chemistry”. The AI is provided with a molecular formula and can generate many potential structures, although not all of them would be practical to produce in reality. “The number of possible molecules is immense; it is estimated that there could be up to 10⁶⁰ different ones,

which is far more than the number of water molecules in the ocean,” explains Guimera. Finding useful molecules can be hard due to the many possibilities. The technology works using a diffusion process where the AI gradually learns how molecules are structured by breaking existing molecules apart and reconstructing them repeatedly. 100% of the molecules generated by this model are valid due to the model utilising the rules of chemistry (e.g. the atoms always maintain the correct number of bonds), making this model stand out compared to other models which produce chemically impossible structures. “Molecules generated are chemically more realistic than those from other models”. The university carried out an experiment with 121 chemistry students which were each shown 20 pairs of molecules and they had to guess which one was real and which one was AI generated. 4 out of 10 times, they were incorrect as they struggled to distinguish

between the 2, showing how the molecules generated were highly convincing and realistic. As of right now, tests are being done with the model so that it can design molecules with a specific function. This would allow for many new materials to be made, further facilitating innovation. Such advances would also allow for advances in medicine which would eventually enable cures to be found for many diseases as well as life expectancy possibly rising. The researchers’ goal is to request the model to generate a molecule with specific properties successfully. If effective, the system could accelerate the discovery of new materials and pharmaceuticals by helping scientists identify new compounds more quickly than other methods.

Chemistry-aware AI can generate millions of plausible new molecules

Biology - Natalie Blood vessels found in T. rex bones are rewriting dinosaur science When further examining one of the largest and most complete fossils ever found from the extraordinary dinosaur specimen Tyrannosaurus rex, known as Scotty, scientists noticed preserved blood vessel structures within a fractured fossilised rib bone. This discovery set researchers one step closer to understanding how dinosaurs actually lived and survived millions of years ago. The finding is particularly significant because soft tissues such as blood vessels are extremely rare in fossils and can provide far more biological information than fossilised bones alone. The structures appeared as mineralised iron-rich casts formed during fossilisation, preserving the shape of the original blood vessels over millions of years. For decades, scientific research surrounding dinosaurs has focused on searching for traces of original material in fossils, including DNA, which could uncover important information about dinosaur biology and evolution. However, dinosaur DNA is essentially unobtainable because such a long period of time has passed since their extinction around 66 million years ago. DNA naturally breaks down over time, meaning it has never successfully been recovered from a dinosaur fossil. As a result, much of what we understand about dinosaurs comes mainly from fossilised 6

bones and teeth. Although these preserve well, they only provide limited insight into the appearance, behaviour, and internal biology of these ancient animals. Many of Scotty’s preserved bones showed signs of injury, suggesting that the dinosaur lived a rough and physically demanding life. Scientists believe some of these injuries may even have resulted from combat with another dinosaur, possibly another Tyrannosaurus rex. However, one rib bone stood out because it showed a large fracture that had only been partially healed at the time of Scotty’s death. Researchers believe Scotty likely died only a few months after sustaining the injury, which may explain why the blood vessel structures were preserved so clearly within the healing bone. In general, after bones experience a traumatic event such as a fracture, there is a major increase in blood vessel activity around the damaged area as part of the body’s natural healing process. During healing, increased blood flow supplies oxygen and nutrients needed to repair tissue. Scientists believe this increased concentration of blood vessels in the fractured rib allowed the structures to become preserved during fossilisation. The discovery suggests that dinosaurs possessed the mechanisms for repairing tissues similar to those seen in modern animals today.

Image of the fractured rib bone of the T. rex known as Scott This was an important finding because it challenges the long-held belief that soft tissues could not survive the fossilisation process. While fossilised bones are relatively common, preserved soft tissue structures such as blood vessels are exceptionally rare and can provide scientists with a much richer and more detailed picture of ancient life. Scientists may be able to compare the structure of Scotty’s blood vessels with those of modern relatives of dinosaurs, such as birds and crocodiles, which could provide insight into dinosaur metabolism and evolution. The discovery also raised questions about how Scotty was able to survive after sustaining such severe injuries. In addition, the scientists faced several complex challenges while analysing the fossil. They needed to ensure the bone remained undamaged during examination, despite the huge size and density caused by the fossilisation process, where minerals gradually replace the original biological material. Using advanced imaging and scanning technology, the team successfully identified and

studied the preserved vessel structures without damaging the specimen. This discovery may now guide future fossil exploration, increasing the chances of uncovering more preserved blood vessels or other soft tissue structures in dinosaur fossils. Each new finding could continue to unravel the mysteries of extinct life on Earth and help scientists build a clearer picture of creatures that ruled the planet millions of years ago. https://www.sciencedaily.com/ releases/2026/04/260426012259. htm (Date accessed: 4/5/2026) https://www.smithsonianmag. com/smart-news/preservedblood-vessels-discovered-in-arib-bone-from-the-worlds-largestt-rex-could-shed-light-on-howdinosaurs-healed-180986987/ (Date accessed: 4/5/2026) https://www.independent.co.uk/ bulletin/news/t-rex-fossil-bloodvessels-b2784580.html (Date accessed: 5/5/2026) https://scitechdaily.com/bloodvessels-found-in-t-rex-bonesrewrite-what-we-know-aboutdinosaurs/ (Date accessed: 5/5/2026)

Image of an agar plate showing zones of inhibition in a bacterial culture, Year 12 Date accessed: 06/05/26

During the Summer Term, students across different year groups carried out a range of Biology practicals to develop their investigative skills and extend their understanding beyond theoretical learning. Here is an insight into some of the activities taking place across the department. Year 8 students, studying plant reproduction, examined flower structures and observed different pollen types under the microscope, including pollen on the stigma of a flower. They also explored seed dispersal by designing and testing paper helicopters to model wind dispersal mechanisms.

Year 9 students, studying respiration, took part in a practical “circus” of activities to discover some of the features of the respiration reaction. A highlight was the “Raging Raisin” experiment, where raisins moved up and down in a fizzy solution due to bubbles of carbon dioxide, helping students visualise gas production in reactions. Year 12 students completed an A-level Required Practical investigating the effectiveness of different antibiotics on the growth of Bacillus megaterium. Students cultured bacteria on agar plates and placed antibiotic discs onto the surface before measuring zones of inhibition, where bacterial growth was prevented, to assess antibiotic effectiveness and understand bacterial resistance. 7

STEM LEGENDS Florence Nightingale (Medicine) - Sophia the hospital base; Nightingale described it as a ‘Kingdom of Hell’. Nightingale bought equipment with funds from the London Times, and enlisted the wives of soldiers to assist with laundry. She established a higher standard of care, requiring necessities such as bathing, clean clothing and adequate food. She paid attention to soldiers’ psychological needs and provided assistance with writing letters as well as educational and recreational activities.

In modern times, Florence Nightingale is famous for her pioneering role in the development of modern nursing.

and enrolled at the Institution of Protestant Deaconesses at Kauserswerth in Germany, where she learnt the basic skills of nursing.

Born in Italy in 1820 into a wealthy family of high status, Nightingale was unsatisfied with traditional female skills of home management. Being a precocious child intellectually, her father took interest in educating her on history, philosophy and literature. Nightingale excelled in maths and a variety of languages, including French, German, Italian, Greek and Latin, and engaged in serious political and social discourse with her father.

Aged 33, Nightingale sought to break free from her family environment – through social connections, she moved to London where she was Governess at a hospital.

Aged 30, she managed to overcome resistance from her family in becoming a nurse,

Following the outbreak of the Crimean War in 1953, reports of the dirty conditions, scarce resources and untrained staff in a large British troop hospital base in Scutari resulted in an outcry from the British public, demanding for the treatment of soldiers to be significantly improved. Nightingale responded by arranging a party of 38 women, who arrived at

Her title ‘Lady with the Lamp’ was earned as she wandered through the wards at night, providing her patients with constant support. Soldiers associated her presence with hope and compassion. Continuing on her commitment to improving nursing, in 1860 she opened the Nightingale Training School for Nurses. This was one of the first institutions for formal nursing schools in the world. She aimed to provide a structured and accurate education for nurses, with emphasis on both practical clinical skills and a strong foundation in science and ethics. The Nightingale School set the precedent for modern nursing education, and it became a model for nursing schools worldwide. https://www.britannica.com/ biography/Florence-Nightingale

Attenborough’s 100th –

Key moment from his life and career (Ecology) During an expedition in a remote part of New Guinea, aired in 1971, Attenborough and his BBC crew made contact with the previously unknown Biami tribe. Attenborough communicated with the tribe using gestures, looked at their personal ornaments and enquired about the pegs in the ritual punctures in the nose of one of the men. Reflecting on that moment in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in 2016, Attenborough said, “It is a remarkable thing. Surprisingly, how eloquent you can be to somebody who doesn’t know a single word of your language, or indeed hasn’t met your kind before.”

Bonding with a ‘special little gorilla'

Attenborough developed a connection with a group of mountain gorillas he met in Kenya in the 1970. The presenter not only got on with people but managed to befriend a family of gorillas in the forests of Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains. While filming “Life on Earth” in 1978, a 3-year-

old gorilla named Pablo took a liking to Attenborough and playfully laid on him. The scene captured hearts globally, later leading to “one of the greatest conservation success stories that I’ve witnessed,” Attenborough said in the April 2026 film A Gorilla Story, in which he tells the story of the same group of gorillas from the 1970s to the present day. He added that his connection with gorillas is “a connection that has stayed with me my whole life. And it all began with one special little gorilla.”

Maths Legend: Évariste Galois - Michelle

Galois was born in Bourg La Reine (near Paris), France in 1811 and made groundbreaking contributions to the field of abstract algebra during his short life, realising what

conditions were necessary and sufficient to solve polynomials (quadratics, cubics etc) by roots. Born into a political family, he nevertheless discovered a love and talent for mathematics during his schooling where he began to read the original works of Lagrange, an Italian mathematician and physicist. In fact, Galois delighted so much in maths that his teachers described him as ‘under the spell’ of it and recommended that his parents allow him to study only maths.

At university, Galois attempted twice to publish his work, but twice was unsuccessful due to it getting lost. When he tried a third time, the judges he presented to failed to grasp the ideas he was explaining and incorrectly thought his work had a significant error. Tragically, Galois would not receive recognition and acceptance of his ideas until after his death, as he died at age 20 after losing a duel related to his political ideas.

Science Jokes A neutron walks into a bar and asks the landlord “How much for a beer?” The landlord says “For you, no charge” Why don't ants get sick? Because they have anty bodies Did you hear about the physicist who got chilled to absolute zero? They are 0k now The rotation of the Earth makes my day Don’t trust atoms, they make up everything Did you hear about the restaurant on Mercury? The lighting was good but it had zero atmosphere We couldn’t catch the chemical thieves. They were to phosphorus How often should you tell a chemistry joke? Periodically!

Documentary Recommendations for Attenborough’s 100th! ‘Life on Earth’ 1979

‘Frozen Planet’ 2011

which established him as an iconic British naturalist and cultural figure including Life, the Planet Earth trilogy and the more recent Wild Isles even collaborating with RSPB, WWF, National Trust and Open University.

seals and polar bears struggling to adapt to their changing environment.

▶ First big breakthrough

▶ Capturing penguins, fur

Finishing the series with an impassionate speech on the cruel effects of melting glaciers and rising temperatures for wildlife, and people.

‘Secret Garden’ and ‘Gorilla Story’ 2026

▶ Most recent

documentaries released this year, spotlighting the nature around us, and delving into a heartwarming close encounter with a gorilla from 1970s during the filming of Life on Earth.

REFERENCES Happy 100th birthday, Sir David Attenborough! Sir David Attenborough's special 100th birthday message Ten of David Attenborough's best documentaries and where to watch them - BBC News 10

Matilda Effect Dr. Martha Chase Co-discoverer of gene function The Matilda Effect - The Nobel Prize awarded to Hershey for Physiology or Medicine in 1969 excluded Martha Chase's work on the experiment. Additionally, Hershey didn’t mention Chase in his acceptance speech (which was hours long!) and she got little to no credit for the huge amount of work that she did for Hershey.

Why she matters - starting in 1951, Chase performed breakthrough

Who were they? Born November 30, 1927, she was an American molecular geneticist who played a pivotal role in the Hershey-Chase experiment of 1952, which significantly helped in the confirmation of DNA being the genetic material of living organisms.

studies on bacteriophages, which are viruses that infect bacteria by inserting their genetic material into a bacterial cell and then replicating within the cell. The two researchers carried out experiments to validate the findings of previous work showing that the DNA and protein components of bacteriophages are separable. They also sought to determine whether the genetic material from infection phages consisted of DNA or protein.

REFERENCES: www.bing.com

Fanny Hesse The Woman Who Created Agar and Enabled Bacterial Research

Who were they? Best known for her work in microbiology alongside her husband, Walther Hesse. Following her initial suggestion of using agar as an alternative to gelatin, they were instrumental in pioneering agar's usage as a common gelling agent for producing media capable of culturing microorganisms at high temperatures.

The Matilda Effect - Fanny

Angelina’s training as an upperclass housewife thus transformed laboratory research in the life sciences. The stability of agar at high temperatures, its resistance to digestion by microbes, and the possibility to sterilise and store it as plates in petri dishes made it

easy to grow colonies of microbes for experimental study. As two historians noted in 1939, a few years after Fanny Angelina’s death, “Lesser innovations and discoveries are commemorated with the name of the discoverer.”

Why she matters - In a biography about Hesse’s husband’s work, an extract illustrated the following: In the summer of 1881, Hesse’s husband, who was attempting to study airborne microbes, grew frustrated with the gelatin used to coat his lab’s glass tubes. He asked his wife for a solution and she told him about her agar. Stable at high temperatures, resistant to degradation, and easily sterilised and stored for lengthy periods of time, agar enabled long-term cultures, in which microbes can reproduce under controlled conditions, making them easier to analyse. However, despite pivotal

contributions such as these, the biography highlighted Hesse’s husband’s work rather than hers. It is crucial to ensure as a society that female scientists' discoveries and investigations are also referred to, for equality as well as further advancements in science. The agar plates are below.

REFERENCES Meet the Forgotten Woman Who Revolutionized Microbiology With a Simple Kitchen Staple

STEM careers you may not have thought of Love STEM and curious about careers that you could use your skills and knowledge in. How about these more unusual jobs: Space Architect, Salary £64k per year Do you love the stars and designing cool spaces? Space architects create potential living spaces for astronauts on Mars, the Moon, or even on orbiting space stations. It’s a mix of engineering, design, and imagination!

Species Conservation Officer, Salary £32K per year Be part of exciting projects in the UK or abroad reintroducing native species, ensuring animals thrive in different environments, and becoming a behavioural and breeding expert in this rewarding role for animal enthusiasts.

Medical Device Engineering, Salary £70k per year Work on new innovations in the medical industry from concept through to manufacturing. MedTech is a fast moving and exciting industry with opportunities to work for small startups as well as large established organisations.

Games Industry Future Technology Researcher, Salary £40k per year

Use your creativity to come up with ideas for new video games consoles such as using robotic arms as controllers.

Patent Lawyer Salary, £110k per year Use your STEM knowledge and skills to obtain a patent (which means no-one can steal the idea) for new research or products. Be at the forefront of new technologies and exciting developments!