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RNA is a crucial biological molecule that is seldom mentioned in detail in textbooks. In the first article in a series, Russ Hodge describes some exciting recent research on RNA.
Ages: 16-19;
Katie Wynne and Steve Bloom from Imperial College London, UK, describe their work on a hormone that could tackle the causes of obesity.
Ages: 16-19;
With the help of enthusiastic school students and scientists, the Dutch school competition ‘Imagine’ supports the sustainable production of biodiesel in Mozambique, avocado oil in Kenya and the colorant byxine in Surinam. Daan Schuurbiers and Marije Blomjous, from the Foundation Imagine Life…
Ages: 16-19;
Pongprapan Pongsophon, Vantipa Roadrangka and Alison Campbell from Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, demonstrate how a difficult concept in evolution can be explained with equipment as simple as a box of buttons!
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
One of the many purposes of science is to support the humanities. With this in mind, Gianluca Farusi and his students set out to investigate and prepare iron-gall ink, a historically significant material for the transmission of knowledge.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Ever wished you could borrow a PCR machine for your lessons? And perhaps an expert to show your students how to use it? Marc van Mil introduces DNA labs that bring genomics directly to the classroom.
Ages: 16-19;
Marine ecologists Iris Hendriks, Carlos Duarte, and Carlo Heip ask why – despite its importance – research into marine biodiversity is so neglected.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Shortly before Christmas 2006, German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter returned from the International Space Station. A month later, Barbara Warmbein asked him about his trip, the experiments he did – and how to become an astronaut.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
We sit on them, wear them and cook with them: plastics are everywhere. Yet this very versatility makes it difficult to produce and dispose of plastics in environmentally friendly ways. David Bradley explains how researchers at the University of Manchester, UK, are working on a solution.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Paul Tafforeau from the University of Poitiers and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, explains what synchrotron X-ray studies of fossil teeth can tell us about the evolution of orang-utans – and our own origins.
Ages: 16-19;
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Of Roman roads, train yards and inspectors: recent discoveries in RNA research
Topics: Biology
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Oxyntomodulin: a new therapy for obesity?
Topics: Biology, Health
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Imagine… sharing ideas in the life sciences
Topics: Biology
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Counting Buttons: demonstrating the Hardy-Weinberg principle
Topics: Biology
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Monastic ink: linking chemistry and history
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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DNA labs on the road
Topics: Biology, Health
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Why biodiversity research keeps its feet dry
Topics: Biology, Earth science
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Down to Earth: interview with Thomas Reiter
Topics: Physics, Biology, Astronomy / space
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Plastics, naturally
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
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Synchrotron light illuminates the orang-utan’s obscure origins
Topics: Physics, Biology
