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Dean Madden from the National Centre for Biotechnology Education at the University of Reading, UK, describes how DNA was discovered - and how it can be simply extracted in the classroom.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
The incidence of diabetes is on the rise, in both the developed and developing worlds. Klaus Dugi, Professor of Medicine at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, discusses the causes, symptoms and treatment of diabetes.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Scientists working at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and the University Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France, have discovered a crystal that appears to defy the laws of physics. Giovanna Cicognani from ILL reports.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
We tend to think of our genetic information as being encoded in DNA – in our genes. Brona McVittie from Epigenome NoE, UK, describes why this is only part of the story.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
At the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, Peer Bork’s research group has meticulously reconstructed a new tree of life – tracing the course of evolution. Russ Hodge explains.
Ages: 16-19;
Lucy Attwood from Oxford Danfysik, UK, explains the mysterious appeal of champagne.
Ages: not applicable;
Dhara Thakerar, a second-year student of natural sciences at Cambridge University, UK, elucidates the science of chocolate.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Everyone knows what symmetry is. In this article, though, Mario Livio from the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA, explains how not only shapes, but also laws of nature, can be symmetrical.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Are you a biologist with a mission? Do you want to fight crime with science? Martin Hall and Amoret Brandt from The Natural History Museum in London, UK, introduce the fascinating (and smelly) field of forensic entomology.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Mariolina Tenchini, Director of Cus-Mi-Bio in Milan, Italy, introduces a university initiative to motivate science teachers and provide both them and their students with hands-on experience of cutting-edge science.
Ages: not applicable;
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Discovering DNA
Topics: Biology
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Diabetes mellitus
Topics: Biology, Health
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Defying the laws of physics?
Topics: Physics
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Epigenetics
Topics: Biology, Health
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A new tree of life
Topics: Biology
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Putting the fizz into physics!
Topics: Physics
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Chocolate’s chemical charm
Topics: Chemistry
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Symmetry rules
Topics: Physics, Mathematics
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Forensic entomology
Topics: Biology
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Linking university and school: addressing the challenges of science teaching in Italy
Topics: Biology, General science
