Science on a shoestring: inspiring experiments with everyday items
Low cost, high impact: try these creative and engaging experiments that use inexpensive everyday materials to bring curriculum science to life.
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Go bananas for biochemistry
Learn about a variety of biochemical processes with these quick, simple experiments using one of the world’s favourite fruits.
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Explore the properties of sound waves by using robotics
Sounds good: try some simple activities that use robots to explore the basic properties of sound waves – reflection, absorption, and propagation.
Neutrons for the quantum technologies of the future: investigating layered perovskites
How do scientists develop new materials for the computers of the future? Discover the rare magneto-electric properties of layered perovskites.
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Down to Earth: interview with Thomas Reiter
Shortly before Christmas 2006, German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter returned from the International Space Station. A month later, Barbara Warmbein…
Physics, Biology, Astronomy / space
Insights into magnetic bacteria may guide research into medical nanorobots
Beyond the five senses: Some bacteria can sense magnetic fields. Learn how they do this and how this could help us design…
Physics, Biology, Engineering
Biological crystals: at the interface between physics, chemistry and biology
Dominique Cornuéjols from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility introduces us to the world of crystallography. It’s not all shiny…
Physics, Biology, Chemistry
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