News & analysis – Page 36
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NewsToxic Sunscreen Testing
Chemists use spectroscopic technique to shed light on the toxic metals in sunscreens and cosmetic products
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NewsTreasure from the Earth's mantle
Research gives support to controversial theory on the origins of fossil fuels
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NewsA Safer Nanotechnology
Researchers in Saudi Arabia have developed an environmentally friendly way of making nanomaterials from zinc oxide
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NewsAmagen reserach scholarships
The Amgen Foundation is offering chemistry undergraduates the opportunity to work in a research lab in one of three leading universities in Europe during the summer vacation
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NewsGCSE expectations
Will the new GCSE science criteria published later this month by the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) satisfy the demands of all interested parties?
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NewsA new way to study chemistry
Alternative route to a chemistry degree that combines part-time and full-time study now available through the Open University.
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NewsBlueprint for improving school science in Scotland
Scottish Government's latest strategy for improving the teaching and learning of science in secondary schools in Scotland.
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NewsRSC HE teaching award winners
Claire McDonnell is the recipient of the 2009 RSC Education Division's Higher Education Teaching Award and Stuart Bennett is the first recipient of the RSC's new Education Award
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NewsShort Film wins Bill Bryson prize
Students from Ridgeway School in Plymouth are the overall winners of the Royal Society of Chemistry's (RSC) 2009 Bill Bryson science communication competition
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NewsSilver success for UK Olympiad team
UK team of four A-level students wins four silver medals at the International Chemistry Olympiad hosted by the University of Cambridge in July
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NewsAlong came a spider
In August, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) relaunched ChemSpider, an online chemistry search engine the Society acquired in May. The host of ChemSpider Antony Williams explains what this resource can offer chemistry teachers and their students
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NewsCreativity in the curriculum
Researchers from Durham University investigate what teachers understand by creativity and how they nurture 'creative thought' among their students in science lessons
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NewsMedicinal natural products: a biosynthetic approach (3rd edn)
John Mann reviews the new edition
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NewsApplied Science - where next?
Nuffield Foundation report highlights growing uptake of Applied Science courses at Key Stge 4 and issues with A-level Applied Science as a progression route for students post-16
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NewsCFOF the way forward
The RSC is set to continue to manage several Chemistry for Our Future projects including the teacher fellow scheme and Spectroscopy in a suitcase
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NewsTeaching Science to Refugee Learners
Based on a small-scale study Australian researchers have produced materials designed to help science students for whom English is a second language
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NewsWorking Memory
Research shows that students perform better when they are taught using resources designed to engage their working memory
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NewsNew websites
Netgains: 'Cutting vehicle pollution' - school science resource and 'Beschoice' virtual learning environment extends to GCSE Science
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NewsRSC takes chemistry teachers to Barcelona
A group of teachers from the UK visit three different organisations based in Barcelona to get first-hand experience of industrial processes
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NewsSolid 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