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  • The science of the sausage sizzle
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    The science of the sausage sizzle

    BiologyChemistrySTEM

    What’s actually in the sausage and bread you buy? And are there scientifically safer ways to cook it? Apply students’...

    Years 5-10
  • A better way to see molecules
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    A better way to see molecules

    ChemistrySTEM

    A new modelling system could make electron microscope pictures easy to understand. This resource is best suited to Year 8,...

    Years 8-10
  • Promising progress for a cheap and accessible new COVID vaccine
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    Promising progress for a cheap and accessible new COVID vaccine

    BiologyChemistrySTEM

    American researchers have used long-established technology to create a COVID vaccine that’s easy to make and store; clinical trials are...

    Years 8-10
  • Toothpaste Truths: the chemistry of toothpaste
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    Toothpaste Truths: the chemistry of toothpaste

    ChemistrySTEM

    What goes into the pea-sized splotch of brush-additive paste with which (most of us) start and end each day? Ellen...

    Years 5 & 8-10
  • This planet literally has an iron sky
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    This planet literally has an iron sky

    ChemistrySpace SciencesSTEM

    Iron and titanium have been found in the atmosphere of the super-hot giant exoplanet, KELT-9b. Learn how scientists use chemistry...

    Years 8 & 10
  • A new world of plasma screens?
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    A new world of plasma screens?

    ChemistryEarth SciencesPhysicsScience Human EndeavoursSTEMSustainability

    The fourth state of matter can make cheap, smart, waste-free screen components. Learn about touchscreen technology, states of matter, compounds...

    Years 7-8 & 10
  • Catalysts can change the world
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    Catalysts can change the world

    ChemistryPhysicsSTEM

    It is possible to step towards a sustainable world – you just have to be clever with the chemistry, says...

    Years 10-12
  • The Chemistry of Soap
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    The Chemistry of Soap

    BiologyChemistrySTEM

    A few minor cosmetic tweaks aside, the basic recipe for soap has endured for millennia. Jacinta Bowler looks at its...

    Years 7-10
  • Glowing, colour-changing polymer
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    Glowing, colour-changing polymer

    ChemistryPhysicsSTEM

    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

    ChemistryPhysicsSTEM

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

    Years 7-9
  • Explainer: What is radiometric dating?
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    Explainer: What is radiometric dating?

    ChemistrySTEM

    Dive headfirst into the weird world of dating by radioactive decay. This explainer article details the different methods that we...

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

    ChemistryPhysicsSpace SciencesSTEM

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

    Years 8-12

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