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Step inside a science-inspired art exhibition where students bring biological molecules to life.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Studies of radiocarbon are helping scientists to understand how neurons remain stable yet adaptable.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Theodore Alexandrov is taking what he learned from working on the economy and applying it to the chemicals on our skin.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Many of us have had our teeth straightened with braces. Few people know, however, that orthodontics involves a great deal of fundamental science and fast-moving technology.
Ages: 16-19;
We know that particular genetic sequences can help us to survive in our environment – this is the basis of evolution. But demonstrating which genetic sequences are beneficial and how they help us to survive is not easy – especially in wild populations. Jarek Bryk describes some relevant recent…
Ages: not applicable;
Anastasios Koutsos, Alexandra Manaia, and Julia Willingale-Theune bring a sophisticated molecular biology technique into the classroom.
Ages: 16-19;
Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names shows that chemists do have a sense of humour, even though it may be a little ‘schoolboyish’ at times. Based on a website of the same name (www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm), the book – as its name suggests – is a collection of the…
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Angelika Börsch-Haubold demonstrates the olfactory delights of organic chemistry.
Ages: 16-19;
The success of an academic discipline has a lot to do with the attractiveness of its founding ideas and discoveries. These in turn reach the next generation of practitioners through textbooks.
Ages: 16-19;
This award-winning yet inexpensive educational DVD contains numerous short interviews with scientists, many of them Nobel laureates, who have played a major role or continue to work principally in human molecular biology.
Ages: 16-19;
| Issue 46
Art meets molecular biology
Topics: Events
| Issue 37
The element of surprise
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 34
The mathematician who became a biologist
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 25
The changing face of orthodontics
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 14
Natural selection at the molecular level
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 12
Fishing for genes: DNA microarrays in the classroom
Topics: Biology, Health, Science and society, General science
| Issue 11
Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names, By Paul May
Topics: Resources
| Issue 6
Small molecules make scents
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 4
Molecular Biology of the Cell* and Molecular Biology of the Cell: A Problems Approach, By Tim Hunt and John Wilson
Topics: Resources
| Issue 1
DNA interactive
Topics: Resources
