Cellulose: from trees to treats
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.
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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.
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.
Simulate a neuron in the classroom.
Hot, luminous and destructive: fire is a force of nature. Here we look at how to use and control it safely with water and carbon dioxide.
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.
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
Sea cucumbers, celebrations and student internships
The resting potential: introducing foundations of the nervous system
Practical pyrotechnics
Proxima b, extremophiles and record-breaking cables
Under pressure: the role of Earth’s mantle in our climate