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How do trees clean our air?

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Investigating the role trees can play in reducing air pollution

Education in Chemistry - Science articles

Everyday science

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Poo sticks … and how to stop it

2019-12-26T09:50:00+00:00

How science is saving water and time spent cleaning the loo

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Why smoke particles turned the sky red

2019-10-25T09:24:00+01:00

Nina Notman explains why forest fires in Indonesia made the sky look red

A dated photograph showing a man's legs wearing Nike air and kicking sulfur hexafluoride

Sulfur hexafluoride

2019-10-23T08:46:00+01:00

A gas widely used in electrical devices with 23,500 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide

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Is it time to increase the ethanol content in our petrol?

2019-09-17T09:00:00+01:00

Short-term gains, but no environmental solution

Features

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New power, old batteries

2019-12-04T14:50:00+00:00By ,

Closing the loop in lithium-ion battery recycling from electric cars

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Frozen in time

2019-11-06T09:56:00+00:00By ,

What chemical clues locked away in ancient ice tell us about Earth’s history

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What's in a bag?

2019-09-09T15:19:00+01:00By ,

Creating compostable plastic

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Fireworks: the art and science

2019-08-29T13:30:00+01:00By ,

Hayley Bennett investigates the chemistry of pyrotechnics

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Conserving the periodic table

2019-08-28T11:32:00+01:00By ,

How paper conservators preserved the one of the world’s oldest periodic tables

Mir Space Station viewed from Endeavour during STS 89

'Astronauts wanted, no experience required'

2019-07-19T12:16:00+01:00By

Helen Sharman talks science, space travel and advice for budding astronauts

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Self-defence classes for our immune system

2019-07-01T12:34:00+01:00By ,

Andy Extance finds out how vaccines help people fight off germs without getting ill 

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Pass the salt

2019-06-10T12:12:00+01:00By Elinor Hughes,

The pros and cons of NaCl

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