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Stacking up: use common household items like coins and paper explore one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 19th century.
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Can we meet all our energy needs with renewables? How can energy models help us to explore the future of energy? And how can we all become part of the energy transition?
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Strengthen knowledge in the subjects of energy supply, grid load, and data evaluation, while using 21st century skills in a fun way.
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Under the Sun, light colours stay cool, while black heats up. But what does this mean for the natural world? Let's explore the consequences of albedo.
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Turning dandelions into rubber: the road to a sustainable future
A species of dandelion is leading the way towards sustainable rubber. Find out how, by growing this unusual plant yourself and extracting the rubber…
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Simple gravimetric chemical analysis – weighing molecules the microscale way
Learn how to do quantitative chemistry using microscale techniques with bottle tops and inexpensive spirit burners that are relatively easy and quick to set up.
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Mercury: a poisonous solution
Sigrid Griet Eeckhout from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, investigates what determines the toxicity of mercury…
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