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| Issue 20

Plastics in cars: polymerisation and recycling

What types of plastic are used to build a car? How are they synthesised and recycled? Marlene Rau and Peter Nentwig introduce two activities from the ‘Chemie im Kontext’ project.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Chemistry
             

| Issue 20

Healthy horrors: the benefits of parasites

Matt Kaplan investigates the horrors that dwell within us – should we be changing our view of them?

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Biology, General science, Health
                 

| Issue 20

Hunting for asteroids

Keen to save the world? Andy Newsam and Chris Leigh from the UK’s National Schools’ Observatory introduce an activity where you can potentially do just that: by detecting real asteroids – which may be heading for Earth.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
                 

| Issue 20

Neutrons and antifreeze: research into Arctic fish

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;
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry
               

| Issue 20

Going wild: teaching physics on a roller coaster

Roller coasters, carousels and other amusement park rides can be great fun – and can even be used as a science lesson, as Giovanni Pezzi explains.

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Physics
           

| Issue 19

Life in the line of fire

All major X-ray and neutron facilities employ instrument scientists, who are experimental experts, liaison officers and researchers rolled into one. Andrew Wildes from the Institut Laue-Langevin explains how he juggles his daily tasks.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Physics