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Cancer and stem cells are both topical issues. But have you heard of cancer stem cells? As Massimiliano Mazza explains, this concept may revolutionise the treatment of cancer.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Vered Yephlach-Wiskerman introduces a classroom project to investigate the bioremediation powers of the aquatic fern Azolla.
Ages: 16-19;
How can we tackle climate change? Using activities and technologies that already exist – as Dudley Shallcross and Tim Harrison explain.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Evolutionary geneticist Svante Pääbo tells Eleanor Hayes how he excavates the genome to understand human evolution.
Ages: 16-19;
Matt Kaplan investigates the horrors that dwell within us – should we be changing our view of them?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight European inter-governmental scientific research organisations. This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROforum members.
Ages: not applicable;
Matthew Blakeley from ILL and his colleagues from ESRF and elsewhere have discovered how antifreeze in Arctic fish blood keeps them alive in sub-zero conditions. He and Eleanor Hayes explain.
Ages: 16-19;
Laurence Reed and Jackie de Belleroche discuss schizophrenia – and how functional genomics could help to identify its causes.
Ages: 16-19;
What does it take to live on the Moon or even Mars? Erin Tranfield suggests an interdisciplinary teaching activity to get your students thinking about this – and learning a lot of science along the way.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration of research organisations. Eleanor Hayes, Editor-in-Chief of Science in School, reviews some of the latest news from the EIROforum members.
Ages: not applicable;
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Cancer stem cells – hope for the future?
Topics: Biology, Health
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A clean green sweep: an aquatic bioremediation project
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Is climate change all gloom and doom? Introducing stabilisation wedges
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
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An archaeologist of the genome: Svante Pääbo
Topics: Biology
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Healthy horrors: the benefits of parasites
Topics: Biology, General science, Health
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Google, guts and gravity
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Biology, Astronomy / space, Health
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Neutrons and antifreeze: research into Arctic fish
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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Investigating the causes of schizophrenia
Topics: Biology, Health
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Building a space habitat in the classroom
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Astronomy / space
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Rockets, genomes and particle accelerators
Topics: News from the EIROs, Biology, Astronomy / space, Health
