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Iodine, with its characteristic purple vapours, has myriad applications – from the familiar disinfectant to innovative solar cells.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
How do we find out what’s going on inside a volcano? Using cosmic rays!
Ages: 16-19;
Soaring temperatures, a flooded landscape, violent winds…. What would our planet be like without the Moon?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Measuring the temperature inside a fusion reactor is no easy task. Find out how it’s done – and even simulate it in the classroom.
Ages: 16-19;
The aurorae are one of the wonders of the natural world. Using some simple apparatus, they and related phenomena can easily be reproduced in the classroom.
Ages: 16-19;
Studying the chemical composition of some of the planet’s oldest rocks has revolutionised our understanding of how our continents formed.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Civil engineer John Burland talks about the perils and practicalities of supporting some of the world’s most iconic buildings.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
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.
Ages: not applicable;
We all know what a kilogram is – or do we? Researchers worldwide are working to define precisely what this familiar unit is.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Learn how you and your students can use mathematics to study Jupiter’s moons.
Ages: 16-19;
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Purple fumes: the importance of iodine
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Health
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The secret life of volcanoes: using muon radiography
Topics: Physics, Earth science
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Life without the Moon: a scientific speculation
Topics: Physics, Biology
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A thermometer that goes to 200 million degrees
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
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Casting light on solar wind: simulating aurorae at school
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Earth science
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Cracking the mystery of how our planet formed
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Earth science
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Propping up the wall: how to rescue a leaning tower
Topics: Physics, Earth science, Engineering
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Science in space, society and synchrotrons
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology
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Weighing up the evidence: what is a kilo?
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
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Galileo and the moons of Jupiter: exploring the night sky of 1610
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
