All RSC Education articles in July 2009
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The Mole
A day in the life of advanced scientist: Dan Clarke
Dan has spent the past 18 months working as an advanced scientist for 3M Healthcare. He talks to Rachel Bolton-King about his typical day
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News
Solid silica sponge
Chemists in Singapore and Sweden synthesise unique silica material with sponge like properties which could have applications in separation science, catalysis and drug delivery
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News
New websites
Netgains: 'Cutting vehicle pollution' - school science resource and 'Beschoice' virtual learning environment extends to GCSE Science
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Feature
Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy
Scientists are using this non-invasive technique to cast light on the workings of living cells to learn more about the molecular mechanisms involved in cancer, allergies and immune responses
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Feature
Survival of the fittest
Examples of natural products produced by organisms and plants to overcome competing species and predators provide chemical evidence for Darwin's legacy of natural selection
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News
Faraday's hot science in the ultracold
Promising new research into the properties of molecules close to absolute zero could offer up new insights into the nature of matter
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Feature
What is entropy?
What's the best way to introduce to your students this most misunderstood of thermodynamic properties?
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News
Support for education reform in Scotland
Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Edinburgh launch project to support science teachers in implementing Scotland's new Curriculum for Excellence
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Soundbite
Dirty money
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives
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News
Gold standard diagnosis
Chemists use gold nanoparticles to help medics detect a marker molecule for prostate cancer
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News
GCSE criteria under scrutiny
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) launches consultation into the GCSE science criteria which could lead to a radical overhaul of specifications
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News
Funding to support chemistry in schools
The Royal Society of Chemistry's Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Sector Education Support Group offers schools support to buy enhanced science equipment and run chemistry clubs
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News
The chemistry PhD experience
This autumn sees the launch of 45 Doctoral Training Centres (DTCs) in science and engineering in 20 universities across the UK
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Opinion
Colloid chemistry at the coffee shop
Peter Borrows takes us on another excursion into local chemistry
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