Turning dandelions into rubber: the road to a sustainable future
A species of dandelion is leading the way towards sustainable rubber. Find out how, by growing this unusual plant yourself and extracting the rubber from the roots.
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A species of dandelion is leading the way towards sustainable rubber. Find out how, by growing this unusual plant yourself and extracting the rubber from the roots.
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROs.
Get your hands dirty with these classroom experiments exploring the composition of soil – and find out why this matters.
By assembling a ‘backpack laboratory’, you can break away from the lab bench and take tests for starch and glucose into the wild outdoors.
How many ‘chemicals’ are there in a fresh mushroom? These simple experiments reveal the hidden chemistry within natural foods.
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROs.
From samurai swords to healthy tomato plants, this little-known element has wider uses than you might expect.
Science in School is published by EIROforum, a collaboration between eight of Europe’s largest inter-governmental scientific research organisations (EIROs). This article reviews some of the latest news from the EIROs.
The same molecule that keeps mighty trees standing also led to the first multicellular life forms – and can even be used to make sweet treats.
Introduce your students to acoustic and optical spectra with a hands-on murder mystery.
Turning dandelions into rubber: the road to a sustainable future
Dinosaur discovery, self-sufficient space flight and structural biology for students
Field research: discovering the structure of soil
Natural experiments: taking the lab outdoors
Natural experiments: chemistry with mushrooms
Crash-tolerant cars, toxic tattoo ink and the first X-ray laser light
Elements in focus: molybdenum
Exotic particles, fusion-device ashtrays and lunar missions
Cellulose: from trees to treats
Who murdered Sir Ernest? Solve the mystery with spectral fingerprints