Students and science collide: CERN’s Beamline for Schools competition
February 2, 2018 | Issue 42Give your students the opportunity to work as real scientists and win a unique experience experimenting at CERN.
INSPIRE
Year in review: our ten most-read articles
December 11, 2017 | Issue 42Have a look at some of the most popular articles from the last four issues of Science in School.
Student competition: the search for the strangest species on Earth
November 28, 2017 | Issue 42Get a glimpse into the weird and wonderful life on Earth with the three winning entries in the Science in School writing competition.
UNDERSTAND
Evolution in action: pathogens
December 1, 2017 | Issue 42Pathogens that threaten human health are constantly evolving to keep ahead of our defences. But we can now track these changes at the genetic level, even as they are happening.
Guardian of the brain: the blood-brain barrier
November 28, 2017 | Issue 42Insights into the brain’s unique protective barrier could offer promising treatments for diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s.
Ten things you might not know about antimatter
November 28, 2017 | Issue 42Antimatter has inspired many science fiction stories, but these fascinating facts show that it is not just reserved for fantasy.
Crash-tolerant cars, toxic tattoo ink and the first X-ray laser light
November 27, 2017 | Issue 42Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROs.
TEACH
Field research: discovering the structure of soil
December 1, 2017 | Issue 42Get your hands dirty with these classroom experiments exploring the composition of soil – and find out why this matters.
Natural experiments: taking the lab outdoors
November 30, 2017 | Issue 42By assembling a ‘backpack laboratory’, you can break away from the lab bench and take tests for starch and glucose into the wild outdoors.
Natural experiments: chemistry with mushrooms
November 29, 2017 | Issue 42How many ‘chemicals’ are there in a fresh mushroom? These simple experiments reveal the hidden chemistry within natural foods.
Balancing act: the physics of levers
November 29, 2017 | Issue 42Can you stop the tray from tipping? Learn about the law of the lever to beat your opponent in this simple game.
EDITORIAL
