Education in Chemistry - Science articles

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What's in a bag?

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Creating compostable plastic

Everyday science

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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

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Dioxygen difluoride

2019-08-23T10:41:00+01:00

An explosion waiting to happen

A cartoon showing two snakes chatting about snakebite research while each holding a newspaper

Biting back

2019-06-13T11:20:00+01:00

Snakebites are inevitable, the resulting deaths and disabilities need not be

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Ethanoic acid

2019-04-23T09:20:00+01:00

Hayley Bennett reveals the science behind everyone’s favourite household acid

Features

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Fireworks: the art and science

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

Hayley Bennett investigates the chemistry of pyrotechnics

An old document, the oldest classroom periodic table, is held in place by circular material weights on an angled board

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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Reef-safe sunscreens

2019-06-24T12:21:00+01:00By ,

Nina Notman investigates the science behind UV-absorbing sunscreens and ‘reef-friendly’ formulations

A watercolour image showing a salt shaker above a plate on a red check tablecloth

Pass the salt

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

The pros and cons of NaCl

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Edible chemistry

2019-05-07T09:52:00+01:00By ,

Exploring the role of flavour chemists in the food and drink industry

Explosions in the crater of Erta Ale volcano in Ethiopia

Eruption!

2018-12-10T11:09:00+00:00By ,

Go with the flow and discover the chemistry behind volcanic activity

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