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David Fischer takes us on a trip to the bottom of the sea to learn about cold seeps – their ecosystems, potential fuels, and possible involvement in global warming.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Gabriel Cuello from the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France, introduces a new type of digital memory that may revolutionise our USB sticks.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
This year has been proclaimed the International Year of Biodiversity. During 2010, governments will seek to reach agreement on a new biodiversity target, to be decided at the Nagoya summit in October. Will this enable us to save not only whales and tigers, but also our own species? Marlene Rau…
Ages: 14-16;
We all know that yeast is used to produce beer and bread – but electricity? Dean Madden from the National Centre for Biotechnology Education, University of Reading, UK, shows how it works.
Ages: not applicable;
Marco Budinich and Massimo Vascotto introduce a school project to measure radon levels in your own home.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Nataša Gros, Tim Harrison, Irena Štrumbelj Drusany and Alma Kapun Dolinar introduce a selection of experiments with a simple spectrometer designed especially for schools – and give details of how to perform one of the activities.
Ages: 16-19;
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;
Peter Douglas and Mike Garley investigate how chemistry and light interact in many aspects of our everyday life.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Eleanor Hayes, Holger Maul and Nele Freerksen investigate why folic acid is an essential component of your students’ diet – now and for a future healthy family.
Ages: 16-19;
Malcolm Fridlund from the European Space Agency (ESA) describes the search for extra-solar planets and explains how they can help us to understand the origin of life on Earth.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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Cold seeps: marine ecosystems based on hydrocarbons
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
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Programmable metallisation cells: the race for miniaturisation
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Engineering
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Homo sapiens – an endangered species?
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 14
The microbial fuel cell: electricity from yeast
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 14
The ‘Radon school survey’: measuring radioactivity at home
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 14
Spectrometry at school: hands-on experiments
Topics: Chemistry
| Issue 14
Starch: a structural mystery
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
| Issue 14
Chemistry and light
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Science and society
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Folic acid: why school students need to know about it
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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The CoRoT satellite: the search for Earth-like planets
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy / space
