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Watching what happens to the electrodes in a lithium-ion battery with neutron science.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Hydrogen may be the fuel of the future, but how can we produce it sustainably? Karin Willquist explains.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Have you ever wondered how best to make students aware of the issues surrounding our current fossil-fuel-intensive lifestyle? After all, they stand a good chance of seeing fossil fuels perhaps not run out but become unaffordable in their lifetime.
Ages: not applicable;
Renewable energy is not only important in the developed world; in developing countries, it may be a prerequisite to overcoming poverty. Marlene Rau introduces a teaching activity from Practical Action.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
Ever dreamed of a car that needed no fuel and produced no pollution? Mico Tatalovic investigates the solar car.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
David Fischer takes us on a trip to the bottom of the sea to learn about cold seeps – their ecosystems, potential fuels, and possible involvement in global warming.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
We all know that yeast is used to produce beer and bread – but electricity? Dean Madden from the National Centre for Biotechnology Education, University of Reading, UK, shows how it works.
Ages: not applicable;
Peter Douglas and Mike Garley investigate how chemistry and light interact in many aspects of our everyday life.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Continuing our energy series, Menno van Dijk introduces us to the past, present and future of hydrocarbons – still the most common of all fuels.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
In the second of two articles, Dudley Shallcross, Tim Harrison, Steve Henshaw and Linda Sellou offer chemistry and physics experiments to harness the Sun’s energy and measure carbon dioxide levels.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 33
Towards a better lithium-ion battery
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
| Issue 22
Hydrogen: the green energy carrier of the future?
Topics: Chemistry, Engineering
| Issue 20
Sustainable Energy – without the hot air, by David MacKay
Topics: Resources
| Issue 19
Moja Island: learning about renewable energy sources
Topics: Earth science
| Issue 16
Solar cars: the future of road transport?
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Engineering
| Issue 16
Cold seeps: marine ecosystems based on hydrocarbons
Topics: Biology, Chemistry, Earth science
| Issue 14
The microbial fuel cell: electricity from yeast
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 14
Chemistry and light
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Science and society
| Issue 12
Hydrocarbons: a fossil but not (yet) extinct
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Earth science, Engineering, Science and society
| Issue 12
Looking to the heavens: climate change experiments
Topics: Physics, Earth science, Engineering
