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Nataša Gros, Tim Harrison, Irena Štrumbelj Drusany and Alma Kapun Dolinar introduce a selection of experiments with a simple spectrometer designed especially for schools – and give details of how to perform one of the activities.
Ages: 16-19;
Gabriel Cuello from the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France, introduces a new type of digital memory that may revolutionise our USB sticks.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Physical science teacher Nicolas Poynter wanted his students not only to learn but also to think for themselves. His solution: a competition to build the fastest car!
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Biology and chemistry teacher Werner Liese talks to Marlene Rau about the challenges of performing science experiments with blind and visually impaired students.
Ages: not applicable;
Would it not be fascinating to observe and manipulate individual molecules? Patrick Theer and Marlene Rau from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory explain how, with an atomic force microscope, you can do just this. You could even build your own.
Ages: 14-16, 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;
Physics teacher Keith Gibbs shares some of his many demonstrations and experiments for the physics classroom.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Uracil is well known as one of the bases used in RNA, but why is it not used in DNA – or is it? Angéla Békési and Beáta G Vértessy investigate.
Ages: 16-19;
With the help of a detective game, Kenneth Wallace-Müller from the Gene Jury team introduces the use of DNA in forensics and the ethical questions involved.
Ages: 16-19;
What do continental drift, nuclear power stations and supernovae have in common? Neutrinos, as Susana Cebrián explains.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
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Spectrometry at school: hands-on experiments
Topics: Chemistry
| Issue 15
Programmable metallisation cells: the race for miniaturisation
Topics: Physics, Chemistry, Engineering
| Issue 16
Car racing in the physics classroom
Topics: Physics
| Issue 17
Blind date in the science classroom
Topics: Profiles
| Issue 18
Single molecules under the microscope
Topics: Physics, General science, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Health
| Issue 18
Moringa: the science behind the miracle tree
Topics: Biology, Chemistry
| Issue 18
The resourceful physics teacher
Topics: Physics
| Issue 18
Uracil in DNA: error or signal?
Topics: Biology
| Issue 19
The DNA detective game
Topics: Biology
| Issue 19
Neutrinos: an introduction
Topics: Physics, General science, Astronomy / space, Earth science
