Structural colour: peacocks, Romans and Robert Hooke
For thousands of years, nature has produced brilliant visual effects. What is the physical principle behind it and how can we use it?
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For thousands of years, nature has produced brilliant visual effects. What is the physical principle behind it and how can we use it?
Watching what happens to the electrodes in a lithium-ion battery with neutron science.
What makes a cell turn cancerous – and how does a cancer become infectious? In the second of two articles on transmissible cancers, Elizabeth Murchison explains what the genetic details tell us.
After four years travelling around the globe, the schooner Tara has returned with a world’s worth of scientific results.
From a scientific career to the theatre: how Ben Lillie tells the stories behind the science.
Exploring coloured chemistry using smartphones
Why not make science relevant to your students’ lives with some simple practical activities using tattoo inks?
When next teaching photosynthesis, try these simple experiments with variegated plants.
Explore physics in a new way by creating a model of particle collisions using craft materials.
These simple physics experiments add an extra surprise to your Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs.
Structural colour: peacocks, Romans and Robert Hooke
Towards a better lithium-ion battery
Infectious cancers: the DNA story
Tara: an ocean odyssey
From smashing science to smashing stories
Smartphones in the lab: how deep is your blue?
Science under your skin: activities with tattoo inks
Do leaves need chlorophyll for growth?
Glitter, glue and physics too
Kinder eggs and physics?