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FeatureCarbon dioxide gets stoned
Locking Earth’s excess carbon dioxide away by turning it into rock
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Clearing the air around smoke formation
Answering the riddle of why unsaturated fuels burn with sooty flames
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Recharging the future
As lithium-ion batteries are pushed to their limits, what technology could replace them?
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Teaching career skills to undergraduates
Using context- and problem-based learning to increase commercial awareness for chemistry undergraduates
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Magical demonstrations
Neil Monteiro shows how taking lessons from magicians can make your demos come alive
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Chemistry stinks
Jacob Cox, Simon Rees and Peter Banks describe educational techniques linking the sense of smell with memory
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The massive problem of microplastics
As plastics fill up and pollute our oceans, recognising their value rather than thinking of them as disposable could help us deal with what has turned into a large, global problem
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Modern-day alchemists
Sam Tracey visits Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to find out how to make a new element
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Assessment time
How have chemistry exams changed in the last 100 years? Kristy Turner goes to the archive to find out
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Straight talk
Jo Moules cuts through the confusion and gets to the heart of formative assessment
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Robotic chemistry sets for the classroom
Can chemistry education in schools benefit from the explosion of low-cost robotic devices, ask Laurie Points, Jonathan Grizou and Leroy Cronin
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Making chemical language easy
Ann Marie Farrell and Michael Seery consider how to meet students’ language and literacy needs within chemistry
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To boldly go where no analytical instrument has gone before
Nina Notman meets the chemist behind the mass spectrometer onboard the Philae lander
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The stories behind the words
Simon Rees reveals the origins of some chemical terms and what they can mean for students
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Chemistry and music
Peter Banks explains how musical ability can help students get a better grasp of chemistry
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Designing skilful chemists
David Smith discusses the importance of employability skills for chemists
