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Angelika Börsch-Haubold demonstrates the olfactory delights of organic chemistry.
Ages: 16-19;
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;
Do your students find it hard to see the application of science to other subjects? Montserrat Capellas from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France, explains how modern chemical analyses are shedding light on ancient Pompeii.
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;
An art teacher with a science degree? Karen Findlay put this unusual combination to good use with an ambitious film project.
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;
Péter Székely from the University of Szeged, Hungary, and Örs Benedekfi from the European Fusion Development Agreement in Garching, Germany, investigate how a star dies and what a nearby supernova explosion would mean for us on Earth.
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;
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Small molecules make scents
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Of Roman roads, train yards and inspectors: recent discoveries in RNA research
Topics: Biology
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Recovering Pompeii
Topics: Chemistry
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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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The Boy Who Would Be Good: understanding ADHD through a film-making project
Topics: Health
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Monastic ink: linking chemistry and history
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Fusion in the Universe: when a giant star dies…
Topics: Physics, Astronomy / space
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DNA labs on the road
Topics: Biology, Health
