Natural experiments: taking the lab outdoors
By assembling a ‘backpack laboratory’, you can break away from the lab bench and take tests for starch and glucose into the wild outdoors.
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By assembling a ‘backpack laboratory’, you can break away from the lab bench and take tests for starch and glucose into the wild outdoors.
How many ‘chemicals’ are there in a fresh mushroom? These simple experiments reveal the hidden chemistry within natural foods.
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.
From samurai swords to healthy tomato plants, this little-known element has wider uses than you might expect.
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.
The same molecule that keeps mighty trees standing also led to the first multicellular life forms – and can even be used to make sweet treats.
Introduce your students to acoustic and optical spectra with a hands-on murder mystery.
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.
If you ever buy an energy drink as a pick-me-up, do you know what it contains? Here we use laboratory chemistry to find out.
The role of our oceans in climate change is more complicated than you might think.
Natural experiments: taking the lab outdoors
Natural experiments: chemistry with mushrooms
Crash-tolerant cars, toxic tattoo ink and the first X-ray laser light
Elements in focus: molybdenum
Exotic particles, fusion-device ashtrays and lunar missions
Cellulose: from trees to treats
Who murdered Sir Ernest? Solve the mystery with spectral fingerprints
Sentinel satellites, school ambassadors and synchrotron studies of dinosaurs
Cans with a kick: the science of energy drinks
Climate change: why the oceans matter