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A string of glucose molecules: starch. It sounds simple, but it isn’t. Dominique Cornuéjols and Serge Pérez explore the intricacies of its structure – and show that the mystery is by no means solved.
Ages: 16-19;
In celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, Matt Kaplan takes us on a whirlwind tour through the previous year’s most inspiring discoveries of biodiversity.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Lucy Patterson talks to Èlia Benito Gutierrez, from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, about how Èlia’s favourite animal, amphioxus, could be the key to understanding the evolution of vertebrates.
Ages: 16-19;
Systems biology is one of the fastest growing fields in the life sciences. But what is it all about? And does it have a place in the classroom? Les Grivell from the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in Heidelberg, Germany, investigates.
Ages: 16-19;
Say ‘stem cells’ and you can guarantee some strong opinions and heated debate.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Why are cells like wildebeest? Laura Spinney investigates the migration of cells and the formation of organs, using the tiny and transparent zebrafish.
Ages: 16-19;
Rhythms of Life is a successful attempt to present what is currently known about time cycles in living creatures. It is a book about biological clocks, that is, the biological mechanisms that enable all organisms from bacteria to worms, plants, birds and mammals, including humans, to ‘tell’ the…
Ages: 16-19;
This award-winning yet inexpensive educational DVD contains numerous short interviews with scientists, many of them Nobel laureates, who have played a major role or continue to work principally in human molecular biology.
Ages: 16-19;
Mariolina Tenchini, Director of Cus-Mi-Bio in Milan, Italy, introduces a university initiative to motivate science teachers and provide both them and their students with hands-on experience of cutting-edge science.
Ages: not applicable;
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Starch: a structural mystery
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
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Biodiversity: a look back at 2009
Topics: Biology, General science
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Getting ahead in evolution
Topics: Biology, General science
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Systems biology in the classroom?
Topics: Biology
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Potent Biology: Stem Cells, Cloning, and Regeneration, By Douglas A. Melton and Nadia Rosenthal
Topics: Resources
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The great migration
Topics: Biology
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Rhythms of Life: The Biological Clocks That Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing, By Leon Kreitzman and Russell Foster
Topics: Resources
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DNA interactive
Topics: Resources
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Linking university and school: addressing the challenges of science teaching in Italy
Topics: Biology, General science
