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Trapped by scientists: antimatter, cholesterol and red blood cells
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Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations. This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROforum members (EIROs). |
Welcome to the twenty-first issue of Science in School
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Thanks to everyone who donated to Science in School via our website; we were overwhelmed by the positive response. With your help and the support of our advertisers, we have been able to print and distribute Issue 21, as those of you who are reading this in print will realise. The battle is not yet won, however: we need support from all of you to help us to continue printing your favourite science-teaching journal – and to provide it to you free of charge. |
Cancer stem cells – hope for the future?
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Cancer and stem cells are both topical issues. But have you heard of cancer stem cells? As Massimiliano Mazza explains, this concept may revolutionise the treatment of cancer. |
The physics of crowds
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Crowding affects us almost every day, from supermarket queues to traffic jams. Timothy Saunders from EMBL explains why this is interesting to scientists and how to study the phenomenon in class. |
Who Cloned my Cat? Fun Adventures in Biotechnology
By Reinhard Renneberg
Reviewed by Michalis Hadjimarcou
Smell like Julius Caesar: recreating ancient perfumes in the laboratory
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Even everyday scents have the power to take us back in time, awakening half-forgotten memories. With Gianluca Farusi’s help, you can take your students 2000 years into the past, recreating and testing Julius Caesar’s perfume. |
A clean green sweep: an aquatic bioremediation project
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Vered Yephlach-Wiskerman introduces a classroom project to investigate the bioremediation powers of the aquatic fern Azolla. |
The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More
By Charles T Bourland and Gregory L Vogt
Reviewed by Dean Madden, National Centre for Biotechnology Education, UK
Warrior against pseudoscience: Daniella Muallem
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Daniella Muallem tells Eleanor Hayes about challenging misleading ‘scientific’ claims. |
Plastics in cars: polymerisation and recycling
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What types of plastic are used to build a car? How are they synthesised and recycled? Marlene Rau and Peter Nentwig introduce two activities from the ‘Chemie im Kontext’ project. |
