Experiments in integrity – Fritz Haber and the ethics of chemistry
One hundred years after the start of the First World War, chemical weapons are still in the news. We consider some of the ethical questions behind the war’s chemical legacy.
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One hundred years after the start of the First World War, chemical weapons are still in the news. We consider some of the ethical questions behind the war’s chemical legacy.
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 EIROs.
You are what you eat – quite literally. Our diet can influence the tiny changes in our genome that underlie several diseases, including cancer and obesity.
Many naturally occurring compounds are useful in medicine – but they can be fabulously expensive to obtain from their natural sources. New scientific methods of synthesis and production are overcoming this problem.
In Sweden there lives a small, green dragon called Berta, who invites young children to join her adventures in Dragon Land – all of which are about chemistry.
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 EIROs.
Iodine, with its characteristic purple vapours, has myriad applications – from the familiar disinfectant to innovative solar cells.
A group of German researchers is bringing to light the medicinal wisdom of the Middle Ages.
Measuring the temperature inside a fusion reactor is no easy task. Find out how it’s done – and even simulate it in the classroom.
Studying the chemical composition of some of the planet’s oldest rocks has revolutionised our understanding of how our continents formed.
Experiments in integrity – Fritz Haber and the ethics of chemistry
From construction to destruction: building lasers and melting walls
Food that shapes you: how diet can change your epigenome
Inspired by nature: modern drugs
The way of the dragon: chemistry for the youngest
A range of scales: from fusing a nucleus to studying a dwarf planet
Purple fumes: the importance of iodine
Monastic medicine: medieval herbalism meets modern science
A thermometer that goes to 200 million degrees
Cracking the mystery of how our planet formed