Tales from a plague pit
Archeology and genetics combine to reveal what caused the Black Death.
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Archeology and genetics combine to reveal what caused the Black Death.
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.
How do we find out what’s going on inside a volcano? Using cosmic rays!
In the African forest, Fabian Leendertz and his team look for new infectious agents that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Could one of them cause the next pandemic?
Soaring temperatures, a flooded landscape, violent winds…. What would our planet be like without the Moon?
Measuring the temperature inside a fusion reactor is no easy task. Find out how it’s done – and even simulate it in the classroom.
Spinal cord injury typically causes permanent paralysis and is currently a condition without a cure. Could stem cell therapy provide hope?
What does the majority of our DNA do? Hundreds of scientists have spent years examining these ‘junk’ sequences, which may hold the key to serious diseases – and much more.
Tales from a plague pit
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
The secret life of volcanoes: using muon radiography
Evolving threats: investigating new zoonotic infections
Life without the Moon: a scientific speculation
A thermometer that goes to 200 million degrees
Spinal cord injury: do stem cells have the answer?
Laying bare our genetic blueprint