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Cell’s movements are important in health and diseases, but their speed is the crucial point for the 2013 World Cell Race organised by Daniel Irimia.
Ages: 16-19;
Many naturally occurring compounds are useful in medicine – but they can be fabulously expensive to obtain from their natural sources. New scientific methods of synthesis and production are overcoming this problem.
Ages: 16-19;
For doctor Stefan Pfister, efforts to cure cancer happen at the hospital and in the laboratory.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
A simple fungus used to brew beer is now used around the world to advance cancer research.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Archeology and genetics combine to reveal what caused the Black Death.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
As a teacher of science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM), you are in a perfect position to encourage more students to take up STEM studies and careers. But what are the best ways to inspire students and achieve this goal? Research projects in science education can really help, but…
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Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from EIROs.
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Once upon a time, scholars tended to wear long robes, live in monasteries and focus on botany.
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Iodine, with its characteristic purple vapours, has myriad applications – from the familiar disinfectant to innovative solar cells.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
A group of German researchers is bringing to light the medicinal wisdom of the Middle Ages.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
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Making the right moves
Topics: Biology, General science
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Inspired by nature: modern drugs
Topics: Chemistry, General science, Health
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Doctor in the morning, researcher in the afternoon
Topics: Profiles
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From model organism to medical advances
Topics: Biology, Health
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Tales from a plague pit
Topics: Biology, Health
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Science teachers: using education research to make a difference
Topics: Resources
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A range of scales: from fusing a nucleus to studying a dwarf planet
Topics: News from the EIROs, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy / space, Engineering
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Welcome to the twenty-seventh issue of Science in School
Topics: Uncategorized
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Purple fumes: the importance of iodine
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Health
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Monastic medicine: medieval herbalism meets modern science
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Health
