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Microscope in Action is a hands-on educational resource for teaching fluorescence microscopy in the classroom and beyond
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Three key factors were required for life to develop on Earth – but which factor came first? Recent research could help settle the debate.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Not only is the fruit fly a valuable model organism, but it is also helping to put Africa on the scientific world map.
Ages: 16-19;
Paul Nurse’s failed experiment inspired a Nobel-prizewinning career.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Our genetic information is encoded in our DNA, but that is only part of the story.
Ages: not applicable;
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn,” Benjamin Franklin once said. Make that quote yours and involve your students in a real cancer-research project that will teach them more than just genetics and cell death.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Have you ever wondered what it is that scientists get so excited about? Ana de Barros from the Instituto de Medicina Molecular in Lisbon, Portugal, shares with us the excitement of researching the immune system.
Ages: 16-19;
Giuseppe Zaccai from the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France, describes how he and his co-workers have uncovered a way to explore water dynamics in the cell interior using neutron scattering and isotope labelling.
Ages: 16-19;
Prudence Mutowo can really identify with the organism she studies. After all, they have a lot in common. She told Vienna Leigh about researching a recently discovered archaeal species, Haloferax volcanii, which thrives in extreme conditions – and coming from Zimbabwe to the UK to pursue her…
Ages: 16-19;
Why are cells like wildebeest? Laura Spinney investigates the migration of cells and the formation of organs, using the tiny and transparent zebrafish.
Ages: 16-19;
| Issue 58
Colours in the dark: fluorescence microscopy for the classroom
Topics: Biology, Engineering, Physics, Resources
| Issue 49
Finding the recipe for life on Earth
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 41
Supporting African science: the role of fruit flies
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 40
The importance of failure: interview with Paul Nurse
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 37
Unravelling epigenetics
Topics: Inspire, Resources
| Issue 31
Cell spotting – let’s fight cancer together!
Topics: Biology
| Issue 13
Winning an Oscar in immunology
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 13
The intracellular environment: not so muddy waters
Topics: Physics, General science, Biology, Chemistry, Science and society
| Issue 8
Salt of the Earth
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 7
The great migration
Topics: Biology
