Article Please login to favourite this article. 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
Article Please login to favourite this article. 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
Article Please login to favourite this article. 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
Article Please login to favourite this article. Learning about Titan’s chemistry Chemical SciencesSTEM Atomic-force microscopy allows new understanding of Saturn’s moon. This article looks at how researchers are using technology to understand the... Years 8-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Keep cool like a camel Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEMTechnology The two-layer thing may work for technology too. This fascinating article shows an efficient cooling technology that combines chemistry with... Years 6-8
Article Please login to favourite this article. Can objects bruise like we do? Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEMTechnology Korean scientists continue the quest to make material that bruise possible. This article is well suited to Year 8 and... Years 8-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Self-heal like a squid Biological SciencesChemical SciencesSTEM A new material inspired by a natural protein found in squid. This short article is well suited to students in... Years 5, 8 & 10
Article Please login to favourite this article. As if space wasn’t dangerous enough, bacteria become nastier in microgravity Biological SciencesChemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesSTEM Research from space flight missions has found that bacteria seem to become more resistant to antibiotics and mutate quicker in... Years 7-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Can water be two types of liquid? Chemical SciencesSTEM Researchers offer evidence to support decades-old theory about liquid water. Demonstrate an application of states of matter and particles to... Years 8
Article Please login to favourite this article. Using a pocket rocket to explore distant planets Chemical SciencesPhysical SciencesSpace SciencesTechnology Researchers have adapted a miniature rocket, called the Pocket Rocket, to replicate the conditions of distant planets’ atmospheres. This article... Years 8-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. ‘When chemistry became biology’: looking for the origins of life in hot springs Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth Sciences The hypothesis that hot springs may have been the ‘spark’ that helped organic matter turn into life has been put... Years 8-10
Article Please login to favourite this article. Pain relief may be found in the mud Biological SciencesChemical SciencesEarth & Space SciencesSTEM It’s early days, but a chemical found in a fungus growing in mud near a boat ramp could be the... Years 6-10
