Insights into magnetic bacteria may guide research into medical nanorobots
Beyond the five senses: Some bacteria can sense magnetic fields. Learn how they do this and how this could help us design nanorobots.
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Beyond the five senses: Some bacteria can sense magnetic fields. Learn how they do this and how this could help us design nanorobots.
How do discoveries happen in science? Despite popular stories of ‘eureka moments’, the reality is usually much more complex.
As scientists worldwide try to understand and help tackle the coronavirus pandemic, we take a brief look at what is currently known about this new virus.
As space missions venture to the moons of Jupiter and Saturn – and beyond – to look for the conditions for life, what alien life forms might be found in such exotic environments?
In Arctic regions, landscapes are changing fast. This has profound effects on their biological systems, but how are communities and their traditional lifestyles affected?
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest intergovernmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROs.
The possibility of worlds beyond our own has fascinated people for millennia. Now technology is bringing these other worlds – or exoplanets – within reach of discovery.
Three key factors were required for life to develop on Earth – but which factor came first? Recent research could help settle the debate.
How can you make oil and water stay mixed? A scientist’s curiosity about a lemon liqueur has revealed how to do this – with some promising industrial applications.
New research is shedding light on the internal ‘clocks’ that help plants respond to changing day-night cycles.
Insights into magnetic bacteria may guide research into medical nanorobots
Discovery and controversy: stories from the chemical elements
Coronavirus: the science in brief
Alien life and where to find it
The social science of climate change
Energy-efficient devices, next-generation telescopes, and sustainable paint from beetle scales
Hunting for exoplanets
Finding the recipe for life on Earth
Limoncello and the science of emulsions
How plants beat jet lag