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  • Future Now: The Story of our Teeth
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    Future Now: The Story of our Teeth

    Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEMTechnology

    Future Now explores the latest innovations in science – from repairing the human body, to the past and future of dental...

    Years 5 & 8-9
  • Scientists get closer to the origins of gold
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    Scientists get closer to the origins of gold

    Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM

    Scientists may have solved a question that has baffled humans since ancient times – where did gold come from?  This...

    Years 8-9 & 11-12
  • Glowing, colour-changing polymer
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    Glowing, colour-changing polymer

    Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM

    Scientists design a polymer that changes colour depending on its length. Explore applications of manufacturing molecules with senior Chemistry students...

    Years 9-12
  • Blood droplets travel in all directions in crime scenes
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    Blood droplets travel in all directions in crime scenes

    Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM

    New analysis examines the physics of blood from close-range gunshot wounds. This resource is best suited to students in Years...

    Years 7-9
  • An answer to the clean water crisis?
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    An answer to the clean water crisis?

    Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM

    UniSA researchers refine solar evaporation for clean water tech. This resource shows how scientists are using their understanding of Chemistry,...

    Years 5, 7-8 & 10
  • EXPLAINER: What is radiometric dating?
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    EXPLAINER: What is radiometric dating?

    Chemical SciencesSTEM in Action

    Dive headfirst into the weird world of dating by radioactive decay.

    Years 9-10
  • Exoplanet atmosphere hints it formed far from star
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    Exoplanet atmosphere hints it formed far from star

    Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM

    Chemical fingerprint of the exoplanet Osiris shows unexpectedly high carbon. Find out how astronomers have used spectroscopy to analyse the...

    Years 8-12
  • Evidence of brand new physics at Cern?
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    Evidence of brand new physics at Cern?

    Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM

    Why we’re cautiously optimistic about our new findings of Physics at Cern. This article explores some of the recent research...

    Years 9 & 11-12
  • Who’s the fool now?
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    Who’s the fool now?

    Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSTEM

    Scientists have made fool’s gold magnetic, finally making it valuable for future technologies. This resource is best suited to Year...

    Years 8 & 10
  • How do freezers work?
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    How do freezers work?

    Chemical SciencesEngineeringPhysical SciencesSTEMTechnology

    How does the freezer work? — Leon, aged 4. To answer this, we need to understand solids, liquids and gases...

    Years 1-3, 5-6 & 8
  • Climate explained: how particles ejected from the Sun affect Earth’s climate
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    Climate explained: how particles ejected from the Sun affect Earth’s climate

    Chemical SciencesEarth SciencesSTEM

    When the Sun ejects solar particles into space, how does this affect the Earth and climate? Are clouds affected by...

    Years 4, 7 & 9-10
  • COSMOS Magazine: Rising in the yeast
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    COSMOS Magazine: Rising in the yeast

    Biological SciencesChemical Sciences

    The science of sourdough bread is anything but run of the mill. Kelly Wong gets a starter lesson from sourdough...

    Years 7-10

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