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Is it acceptable to use human embryonic stem cells in research? What about live animals? Professor Nadia Rosenthal, head of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Monterotondo, Italy, talks to Russ Hodge about the ethics of her research.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Alexandre Lewalle from King’s College, London, UK, pushes back the frontiers of our knowledge of motors – at the molecular level.
Ages: 16-19;
Why are enzymes so special? How do they differ from inorganic catalysts? Isabella Marini from the University of Pisa, Italy, describes a classroom protocol to enable students to answer these questions for themselves.
Ages: 14-16;
We are relative newcomers on Earth and still have a lot to learn. Julian Vincent from the University of Bath, UK, investigates some of the lessons we can learn from the living world.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Russ Hodge from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, reports on the first complete survey of 'molecular machines' in yeast.
Ages: 16-19;
When we sleep, are we just passively recovering from a hard day, or is there something more going on? Angelika Börsch-Haubold considers the implications of some intriguing research – was her grandmother right all along? Test the scientists’ conclusions for yourself!
Ages: 16-19;
Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the inventor of DNA fingerprinting, remembers his childhood passion for science, explains what we have learned from direct DNA analysis, and describes his work with Chernobyl survivors. Interviewed by Russ Hodge and Anna-Lynn Wegener from the European Molecular Biology…
Ages: 16-19;
Many of you were fascinated (and disgusted!) by the article about forensic entomology in our last issue. Paula Starbäck, the reviewer, suggested that it would be a fascinating activity for students, if only someone could find a way to avoid the terrible smell. We challenged you to come up with a…
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
Ivo Grigorov from the EurOCEANS project describes how the deep seas can help us to understand and predict climate change.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Dave Goulson and Ben Darvill from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust at the University of Stirling, UK, explain why these furry insects are under threat – and what schools can do to help.
Ages: <11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
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Ethics in research
Topics: Biology
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How do muscles produce work? Using optical tweezers to study molecular machines
Topics: Physics, Biology
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Two hydrolytic enzymes and an epistemological–historical approach
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
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Is traditional engineering the right system with which to manipulate our world?
Topics: Physics, Biology
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The yeast proteome: retooling the factory floor
Topics: Biology
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Sleep and learning
Topics: Biology
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Alec Jeffreys interview: a pioneer on the frontier of human diversity
Topics: Biology, General science, Chemistry, Science and society
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Forensic entomology: activities for schools
Topics: Biology
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Bringing global climate change to the classroom
Topics: Biology, Earth science, General science
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Putting the buzz back into school grounds
Topics: Biology, General science
