Birds on the run: what makes ostriches so fast?
What makes ostriches such fast runners? Nina Schaller has spent nearly a decade investigating.
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What makes ostriches such fast runners? Nina Schaller has spent nearly a decade investigating.
Did you realise that fireworks cause measurable air pollution? Tim Harrison and Dudley Shallcross from Bristol University, UK, explain how to investigate atmospheric pollutants in class.
Claudia Mignone and Rebecca Barnes explore X-rays and gamma rays and investigate the ingenious techniques used by the European Space Agency to observe the cosmos at these wavelengths.
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations. This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROforum members (EIROs).
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.
Crowding affects us almost every day, from supermarket queues to traffic jams. Timothy Saunders from EMBL explains why this is interesting to scientists and how to study the phenomenon in class.
Even everyday scents have the power to take us back in time, awakening half-forgotten memories. With Gianluca Farusi’s help, you can take your students 2000 years into the past, recreating and testing Julius Caesar’s perfume.
Vered Yephlach-Wiskerman introduces a classroom project to investigate the bioremediation powers of the aquatic fern Azolla.
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.
How can we tackle climate change? Using activities and technologies that already exist – as Dudley Shallcross and Tim Harrison explain.
Birds on the run: what makes ostriches so fast?
Smoke is in the air: how fireworks affect air quality
More than meets the eye: unravelling the cosmos at the highest energies
Trapped by scientists: antimatter, cholesterol and red blood cells
Cancer stem cells – hope for the future?
The physics of crowds
Smell like Julius Caesar: recreating ancient perfumes in the laboratory
A clean green sweep: an aquatic bioremediation project
Plastics in cars: polymerisation and recycling
Is climate change all gloom and doom? Introducing stabilisation wedges