All RSC Education articles in March 2008
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NewsREACH into teaching
Will the recent introduction of the 'REACH regulations' deal another blow to the teaching of practical chemistry?
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NewsAn unexpected source of PCB
US researchers suggest that old wood floor finishes may be an overlooked source of the environmental pollutants polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
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OpinionHygrometer or hydrometer?
Peter Childs, University of Limerick, investigates words in chemistry. In this issue: hygrometer or hydrometer?
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NewsSummer research grants
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) invites UK chemistry undergraduates to apply for funding to allow them to do research at their university this summer
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FeatureGood lab practice
Students who want to work as analytical chemists in industry need to be introduced to the basic regulatory requirements of 'good laboratory practice'
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NewsToasting a good wine
French chemists analyse how the toasting of oak staves used to make wine barrels affects the chemical composition of the wood and the final uncorked product
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FeatureExperimental nanoscience for undergraduates
The recent development of low cost, user-friendly scanning tunnelling microscopes has brought nanoscience experiments into undergraduate laboratories
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NewsDNA nanorings
German researchers develop a simple approach to making rigid DNA nanorings with tailor-made functionality
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ReviewFun demonstrations and more
Tony Tooth looks at some websites that may be of interest to chemistry teachers.
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NewsConverting sunshine into petrol
Research done at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US, hints at a new way to make petrol using nothing more than sunshine and thin air
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NewsReview of HE chemistry experience
Higher Education Academy Physical Sciences Centre invites chemistry lecturers and their undergraduates to contribute to its review of the student learning experience in chemistry
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NewsHEFCE pulls cash for returning students
Higher Education Funding Council for England confirms that from this year it will reduce the funding institutions receive for graduates returning to study in HE by £100 million by 2010-11
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NewsCases packed with chemistry
In January science teachers and students at Parkview Community School, Chester-le-Street were the first to unpack Spectroscopy in a Suitcase. What did they find?
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NewsBuckyball necklace
Chemists in Spain synthesise a new type of polymer material by stringing together fullerene molecules
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FeatureGeorge III, indigo and the blue ring test
Can a urine test offer insight into George III's insanity?