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One of the scientists’ main interests in Mars research is water. Is there water on Mars?
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
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.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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.
Ages: 16-19;
Many naturally occurring compounds are useful in medicine – but they can be fabulously expensive to obtain from their natural sources. New scientific methods of synthesis and production are overcoming this problem.
Ages: 16-19;
For doctor Stefan Pfister, efforts to cure cancer happen at the hospital and in the laboratory.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Bring discovery into the classroom and show students how to evaluate Planck’s constant using simple equipment.
Ages: 16-19;
A simple fungus used to brew beer is now used around the world to advance cancer research.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Iodine, with its characteristic purple vapours, has myriad applications – from the familiar disinfectant to innovative solar cells.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
A group of German researchers is bringing to light the medicinal wisdom of the Middle Ages.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Having difficulties explaining black holes to your students? Why not try these simple activities in the classroom?
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
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Glaciers on Mars: looking for the ice
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space, Earth science
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Food that shapes you: how diet can change your epigenome
Topics: Biology, General science, Chemistry
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Making the right moves
Topics: Biology, General science
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Inspired by nature: modern drugs
Topics: Chemistry, General science, Health
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Doctor in the morning, researcher in the afternoon
Topics: Profiles
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Classroom fundamentals: measuring the Planck constant
Topics: Physics
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From model organism to medical advances
Topics: Biology, Health
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Purple fumes: the importance of iodine
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Health
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Monastic medicine: medieval herbalism meets modern science
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health
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Peering into the darkness: modelling black holes in primary school
Topics: Astronomy / space
