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Archeology and genetics combine to reveal what caused the Black Death.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16;
Spinal cord injury typically causes permanent paralysis and is currently a condition without a cure. Could stem cell therapy provide hope?
Ages: 11-14, 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;
Matthew Blakeley from ILL and his colleagues from ESRF and elsewhere have discovered how antifreeze in Arctic fish blood keeps them alive in sub-zero conditions. He and Eleanor Hayes explain.
Ages: 16-19;
Moringas have long been known as miracle trees. Now scientists are investigating their properties in depth, as Sue Nelson and Marlene Rau report.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
In the second of two articles, Jarek Bryk describes how scientists dig deep into our genes – to test the molecular basis of an evolutionary adaptation in humans.
Ages: 16-19;
A string of glucose molecules: starch. It sounds simple, but it isn’t. Dominique Cornuéjols and Serge Pérez explore the intricacies of its structure – and show that the mystery is by no means solved.
Ages: 16-19;
| Issue 28
Tales from a plague pit
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 26
Spinal cord injury: do stem cells have the answer?
Topics: Biology, Health
| Issue 22
Hydrogen: the green energy carrier of the future?
Topics: Chemistry, Engineering
| Issue 20
Neutrons and antifreeze: research into Arctic fish
Topics: Physics, Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 18
Moringa: the science behind the miracle tree
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 17
Human evolution: testing the molecular basis
Topics: Biology, General science, Health
| Issue 14
Starch: a structural mystery
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
