All Feature articles – Page 20
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FeatureThe other carbon dioxide problem
Carbon dioxide produced by human activity is acidifying the ocean at an unprecedented and alarming rate
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FeatureGood chemistry
There are all sorts of ways chemists can use their skills to aid global development, writes Josh Howgego
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FeatureIs a conceptual understanding of maths vital for chemistry?
Michael Grove and Samantha Pugh explore the ‘mathematics problem’ faced by chemistry students
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FeaturePictures of the molecular world
Matthew Lickiss looks back at how our drawings of chemical structures have changed over time
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FeatureThe art detectives
Emma Stoye finds out how spectroscopic techniques allow scientists to look over the shoulders of old masters
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FeatureClimate research heats up
Nina Notman meets some of the atmospheric chemists fitting the pieces of the climate change jigsaw together
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FeatureGolden opportunities
Elinor Hughes finds out how chemists are challenging a misconception about gold
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FeatureUnwitting artists
Is there art in chemical structures and diagrams? Jennifer Newton looks at the aesthetics all around us
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FeatureGetting down to business
Including commercial awareness in undergraduate chemistry courses calls for an interactive teaching approach, says Samantha Pugh
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FeatureThe challenge of turning industrial chemistry green
Green chemistry is a maturing discipline. But the subject still holds big challenges that the next generation of chemists must tackle, as Josh Howgego reports
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FeatureSupporting diversity and encouraging inclusion
Positive role models are key to attracting a more diverse section of society to the chemical sciences.
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FeatureRe-arming the antibiotic arsenal
With drug-resistant bacteria constantly in the news, what is being done to develop better treatments? Phillip Broadwith takes a look
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FeatureBringing molecules into the third dimension
Peter Hoare and Susan Henderson discuss the use of crystal structures to help both school students and early years undergraduates visualise molecules in 3D
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FeatureChemists on the front line
The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has a near century-long history of working with chemical weapons. Philip Robinson reports from Porton Down
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FeatureMOFs head to market
The most porous manmade materials, metal–organic frameworks, are pushing towards commercialisation. Elinor Hughes tracks their progress
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FeatureMastering the art of online teamwork
Claire McDonnell explores the use of wikis to facilitate group collaboration and assessment
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FeatureChemistry in your shopping basket
How can activities based around everyday objects inspire young children to study chemistry? Peter Hoare and Anne Willis explain
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FeatureIs thorium the perfect fuel?
Mike Follows discusses the advantages nuclear reactors fuelled by liquid thorium salts may offer over the ones currently used to power homes and businesses
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FeatureChemistry unearths the secrets of the Terracotta Army
Simon Rees discovers how the Terracotta Warriors’ deadly arrows were made
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FeatureBeyond the presentation: student authored vignettes
Why stop at asking students to give presentations? The technology to empower them to produce versatile and reusable blended learning objects is readily accessible, explains Simon Lancaster