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FeatureRecharging the future
As lithium-ion batteries are pushed to their limits, what technology could replace them?
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FeatureTeaching career skills to undergraduates
Using context- and problem-based learning to increase commercial awareness for chemistry undergraduates
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FeatureMagical demonstrations
Neil Monteiro shows how taking lessons from magicians can make your demos come alive
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FeatureChemistry stinks
Jacob Cox, Simon Rees and Peter Banks describe educational techniques linking the sense of smell with memory
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FeatureThe 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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FeatureModern-day alchemists
Sam Tracey visits Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to find out how to make a new element
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FeatureAssessment time
How have chemistry exams changed in the last 100 years? Kristy Turner goes to the archive to find out
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FeatureStraight talk
Jo Moules cuts through the confusion and gets to the heart of formative assessment
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FeatureRobotic 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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FeatureMaking chemical language easy
Ann Marie Farrell and Michael Seery consider how to meet students’ language and literacy needs within chemistry
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FeatureTo 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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FeatureThe stories behind the words
Simon Rees reveals the origins of some chemical terms and what they can mean for students
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FeatureChemistry and music
Peter Banks explains how musical ability can help students get a better grasp of chemistry
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FeatureDesigning skilful chemists
David Smith discusses the importance of employability skills for chemists
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FeatureCollaborative chemistry degrees
How Chinese and UK universities are working together to deliver degree programmes to Chinese students
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FeatureScaling new peaks
Nina Notman admires the plethora of different uses for the separation techniques known collectively as chromatography
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FeatureExploring UK fracking emissions concerns
Elinor Hughes drills down into how scientists are checking potential greenhouse gas and radioactive emissions from the hydraulic fracturing of shale
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FeatureLearning gains
Ross Galloway and Simon Lancaster discuss the challenge of quantifying students’ learning
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FeatureThe language of chemistry
Tom Husband gives an insider’s view of teaching chemistry to students for whom English is not their first language
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FeatureThe origin of life
How did molecules turn into living organisms? Paul MacLellan investigates