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Taking inspiration from nature’s amazing ability to heal wounds, this biology-inspired technology could create aircraft wings that fix themselves.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Designing a glider wing helps students understand forces and what it means to be an engineer.
Ages: 11-14, 14-16, 16-19;
For thousands of years, nature has produced brilliant visual effects. What is the physical principle behind it and how can we use it?
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Halina Stanley investigates the history of chewing gum, how the chemistry of the gum affects its properties, and how scientists are using this knowledge to make chewing gum less of a pollutant.
Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
| Issue 37
Self-healing aircraft wings: a dream or a possibility?
Topics: Chemistry, Engineering
| Issue 34
High flyers: thinking like an engineer
Topics: Physics, Engineering
| Issue 33
Structural colour: peacocks, Romans and Robert Hooke
Topics: Physics
| Issue 9
Materials science to the rescue: easily removable chewing gum
Topics: Physics, Chemistry
