Using biological databases to teach evolution and biochemistry
Online tools can be used to compare the sequences of proteins and understand how different organisms have evolved.
Showing 10 results from a total of 338
Online tools can be used to compare the sequences of proteins and understand how different organisms have evolved.
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.
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.
Cell’s movements are important in health and diseases, but their speed is the crucial point for the 2013 World Cell Race organised by Daniel Irimia.
A simple fungus used to brew beer is now used around the world to advance cancer research.
Archeology and genetics combine to reveal what caused the Black Death.
A group of German researchers is bringing to light the medicinal wisdom of the Middle Ages.
Evolutionary relationships can be tricky to explain. By using simple, everyday objects, your students can work them out for themselves.
Using nothing but a pig’s heart, a knife and a supply of water, you and your students can investigate how the heart pumps.
Using biological databases to teach evolution and biochemistry
Solving a sticky problem for cancer treatment and getting into the fusion energy game
From construction to destruction: building lasers and melting walls
Food that shapes you: how diet can change your epigenome
Making the right moves
From model organism to medical advances
Tales from a plague pit
Monastic medicine: medieval herbalism meets modern science
Phylogenetics of man-made objects: simulating evolution in the classroom
From the bottom of our hearts: a hands-on demonstration of the mammalian heartbeat