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Renewable, clean, unlimited energy – how can it be achieved? Christine Rüth from EFDA introduces the tokamak, the most advanced fusion device.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Nektarios Tsagliotis explains how to build an effective microscope using simple materials – enabling your students to discover a hidden world, just as Robert Hooke did in 1665.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Studying permafrost enables us to look not only into the past, but also into the future. Miguel Ángel de Pablo, Miguel Ramos, Gonçalo Vieira and Antonio Molina explain.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
As a child, Maggie Aderin-Pocock dreamed of going into space. She hasn’t quite managed it yet, but she’s got pretty close, as she tells Eleanor Hayes.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Ever wanted to launch a rocket? Jan-Erik Rønningen, Frida Vestnes, Rohan Sheth and Maria Råken from the European Space Camp explain how.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
To change the world would be amazing enough. Mike Brown changed the Solar System. Eleanor Hayes explains.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
What makes ostriches such fast runners? Nina Schaller has spent nearly a decade investigating.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Did you realise that fireworks cause measurable air pollution? Tim Harrison and Dudley Shallcross from Bristol University, UK, explain how to investigate atmospheric pollutants in class.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Claudia Mignone and Rebecca Barnes explore X-rays and gamma rays and investigate the ingenious techniques used by the European Space Agency to observe the cosmos at these wavelengths.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Crowding affects us almost every day, from supermarket queues to traffic jams. Timothy Saunders from EMBL explains why this is interesting to scientists and how to study the phenomenon in class.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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Harnessing the power of the Sun: fusion reactors
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Engineering
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Build your own microscope: following in Robert Hooke’s footsteps
Topics: Physics, Biology
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Revealing the secrets of permafrost
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Earth science, Engineering
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Maggie Aderin-Pocock: a career in space
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Sky-high science: building rockets at school
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Mathematics
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How I killed Pluto: Mike Brown
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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Birds on the run: what makes ostriches so fast?
Topics: Physics, Biology
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Smoke is in the air: how fireworks affect air quality
Topics: Chemistry
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More than meets the eye: unravelling the cosmos at the highest energies
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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The physics of crowds
Topics: Physics
