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FeatureMolecular motors power on
From rotating alkenes to artificial muscle – specification links and resources will help you bring this cutting-edge story to your classroom
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FeatureReal world science in school
Collaborating with a university on extended projects for students
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FeatureNot ‘clever enough’ to be a scientist? Nonsense.
It’s time we stopped equating science with braininess
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FeatureTaking care of the air
How do we control the pollutants we breathe in? This article includes specification links and resources for your classroom.
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FeatureWhen teachers and researchers collaborate
One teacher’s story about deploying digital badges
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FeatureA fluid idea, with holes
Nina Notman talks to the chemists who are making the seemingly implausible materials coined ‘porous liquids’
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FeatureThe rhythm of life
Emma Davies explores how unravelling the complex mechanisms of the body clock has led to some fascinating discoveries and a 2017 Nobel prize
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FeaturePrecious water
New off-grid water treatment technologies are saving lives supplying clean water where there are no taps or pipes
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FeatureRecruiting and retaining teachers
The number of trainee chemistry teachers is plummeting while qualified teachers continue to leave the profession. Kat Arney investigates what might be done to reverse the trend. An impossible problem?
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FeatureLosing our technicians: the crisis facing schools
Where does the technician staffing crisis come from and what can be done about it?
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FeatureBrick by brick
From green LEGO bricks to compostable shoes, Fiona Case investigates how Lego and Reebok are making biomaterials mainstream
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FeatureCatalysts get helping hands
Ida Emilie Steinmark finds out how new research may boost catalytic performance
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FeatureMaking practical work more effective
Microscale chemistry and well-ordered teaching sequences reduce cognitive overload
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FeatureDesigning curriculums for modern chemists
Rachel Brazil talks to lecturers at reopening chemistry departments about starting undergraduate courses from scratch
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FeatureExceptional enzymes
New biological catalysts could deliver useful chemicals chemistry cannot make