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UNDERSTAND

Understand

Glaciers on Mars: looking for the ice

February 20, 2014 | Issue 28

One of the scientists’ main interests in Mars research is water. Is there water on Mars?

Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19
Keywords: Physics, Planets

       

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Food that shapes you: how diet can change your epigenome

February 20, 2014 | Issue 28

You are what you eat – quite literally. Our diet can influence the tiny changes in our genome that underlie several diseases, including cancer and obesity.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19
Keywords: Biology, Medicine

                   

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Making the right moves

February 20, 2014 | Issue 28

Cell’s movements are important in health and diseases, but their speed is the crucial point for the 2013 World Cell Race organised by Daniel Irimia.

Ages: 16-19
Keywords: Biology, Physics

           

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Inspired by nature: modern drugs

February 20, 2014 | Issue 28

Many naturally occurring compounds are useful in medicine – but they can be fabulously expensive to obtain from their natural sources. New scientific methods of synthesis and production are overcoming this problem.

Ages: 16-19
Keywords: Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, Organic chemistry, Conservation

               

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From model organism to medical advances

February 20, 2014 | Issue 28

​A simple fungus used to brew beer is now used around the world to advance cancer research.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19
Keywords: Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Scientific interdisciplinary teamwork, Biotechnology

           

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Tales from a plague pit

February 20, 2014 | Issue 28

Archeology and genetics combine to reveal what caused the Black Death.

Ages: 11-14, 14-16
Keywords: Biochemistry, History of medicine, Biology

             

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TEACH

Teach

The way of the dragon: chemistry for the youngest

February 20, 2014 | Issue 28

In Sweden there lives a small, green dragon called Berta, who invites young children to join her adventures in Dragon Land – all of which are about chemistry.

Ages: <11
Keywords: Physics, Chemistry

         

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EDITORIAL

Editorial

Welcome to the twenty-eighth issue of SiS

February 20, 2014 | Issue 28

Although this is only the first issue of 2014, the academic year is already starting to draw to a close. By the time this issue reaches you, spring will have sprung and preparations for the end of year, and those dreaded exams, will be well underway. Spring, however, is a season of renewal – a…

Ages: not applicable

 

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