English, Biology
Polymers in medicine
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The topic of polymers is often limited to chemistry lessons. The Establish project offers some hands-on activities to investigate these materials and some of their medical applications. |
Just the placebo effect?
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When your doctor prescribes you a tablet and you get better, was it really the drug or could it have been the colour of the tablet? Andrew Brown investigates the placebo effect. |
Birds on the run: what makes ostriches so fast?
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What makes ostriches such fast runners? Nina Schaller has spent nearly a decade investigating. |
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). |
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. |
Who Cloned my Cat? Fun Adventures in Biotechnology
By Reinhard Renneberg
Reviewed by Michalis Hadjimarcou
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
Is climate change all gloom and doom? Introducing stabilisation wedges
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How can we tackle climate change? Using activities and technologies that already exist – as Dudley Shallcross and Tim Harrison explain. |
Translations - from today’s science to tomorrow’s medicine in Berlin-Buch
By Russ Hodge
Reviewed by Marie Walsh, Ireland
