Bionic structures: from stalks to skyscrapers
A blade of grass and a high tower both need to stand up against forces that threaten to level them. Are there design principles that they can exploit to achieve this?
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A blade of grass and a high tower both need to stand up against forces that threaten to level them. Are there design principles that they can exploit to achieve this?
Model organisms – yeast, worms, flies and mice – help researchers to probe the secrets of life.
Scientists are searching deep underground for hard-to-detect particles that stream across the Universe.
The role of our oceans in climate change is more complicated than you might think.
A new tool lets astronomers ‘listen’ to the Universe for the first time.
Science 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.
What would it be like if numbers and musical tones had colours? People with synaesthesia experience the world in this way – and scientists are trying to find out why.
Science 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.
Studies of iron oxides under extreme conditions are shining a light on Earth’s interior and its role in our climate.
Scientists propose a new hypothesis to tackle one of the big remaining mysteries in animal evolution.
Bionic structures: from stalks to skyscrapers
Life models
Science goes underground
Climate change: why the oceans matter
Turning on the cosmic microphone
Sea cucumbers, celebrations and student internships
Blended senses: understanding synaesthesia
Proxima b, extremophiles and record-breaking cables
Under pressure: the role of Earth’s mantle in our climate
What happens when cells embrace damage?