All RSC Education articles in January 2008
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NewsA trip through chemistry week '07
Highlighting to the public the important role the chemical sciences and the work of chemists play in our everyday lives
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FeatureCF3SF5 - a 'super' greenhouse gas
Trifluoromethyl sulfur pentafluoride - a byproduct of the electronics industry - has been named a 'super' greenhouse gas by physical chemists
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NewsSpring into group action
Researchers report that a new approach to group work can improve students' learning and understanding of scientific principles
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NewsDo maths grades add up?
Findings from recent research lead to recommendations for the maths provision in UK chemistry departments
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NewsWhat content has changed in A-level chemistry?
Colin Osborne, RSC education manager schools and colleges, introduces the changes in the new GCE A-level chemistry specifications for 2008
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FeatureBiosensors based on DNA
Chemists are developing new medical and environmental sensors based on DNA sequences which have been selected to bind certain targets such as cancer markers in blood
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FeatureBelladonna, broomsticks and brain chemistry
Poisonous plants such as deadly nightshade produce toxic tropane alkaloids. These chemicals have been exploited in magic, murder and the design of a host of useful therapeutic drugs
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NewsBologna update
Do the UK four-year integrated masters or one-year masters courses in the sciences and engineering align with masters qualifications across Europe?
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NewsHollywood science - call for film and TV clips
Dr Jonathan Hare, star of BBC TV's Hollywood science series, wants to investigate the truth behind the science in your favourite film clips
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Exhibition chemistryExplosive nitrated carbon compounds
Demonstrations designed to capture the student's imagination
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NewsChemical connections
A humble pot of hair gel provided a useful prop for a chemistry lesson with a difference at Glasgow Science Centre during Chemistry Week
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NewsNobel chemistry rises to the surface
Gerhard Ertl of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, Germany, received the 2007 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his pioneering studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces
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NewsRedox chemistry on a giant scale
Students from John Leggott Sixth Form College in Scunthorpe see redox chemistry on a giant scale at Corus steelworks during Chemistry Week
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NewsChemistry in the limelight
Blundell's School chemistry demonstration spectacular wows pupils from local primary school
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NewsChemistry giant INEOS supports Olympiad
INEOS, the world's third-largest producer of chemicals, donates £250,000 to the RSC to support the UK Chemistry Olympiad competition for UK sixthform students
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NewsChemNet goes nanotech
ChemNet members do nanoscale science at a series of Chemistry Week workshops held in the SchoolsLab at the University of Liverpool