From birds to photons: collective phenomena in materials science
All together now: discover how the collective behaviour of atoms, humans, and birds inspire researchers to make new light-emitting materials and devices.
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Natural experiments: chemistry with mushrooms
How many ‘chemicals’ are there in a fresh mushroom? These simple experiments reveal the hidden chemistry within natural foods.
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Bringing STEM to life: using LabXchange Narratives to inspire tomorrow’s scientists
Super (role) models: Use stories about real scientists to inspire, build confidence, and help the next generation of innovators envision their place in STEM.
Exploring radioactivity safely with potassium carbonate
Safety first: nuclear decay and ionizing radiation can be safely studied in the physics classroom using the common baking ingredient potassium carbonate.
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Parallax: reaching the stars with geometry
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Simple gravimetric chemical analysis – weighing molecules the microscale way
Learn how to do quantitative chemistry using microscale techniques with bottle tops and inexpensive spirit burners that are relatively easy and quick to set up.
Chemistry, Sustainability
Science is cool… supercool
When we cool something below its freezing point, it solidifies – at least, that’s what we expect. Tobias Schülli investigates why this is not…
Physics
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