News & analysis – Page 42
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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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NewsBuckyball necklace
Chemists in Spain synthesise a new type of polymer material by stringing together fullerene molecules
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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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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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NewsDNA nanorings
German researchers develop a simple approach to making rigid DNA nanorings with tailor-made functionality
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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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NewsA science Diploma for 2011
Mike Tomlinson explains why he thinks the UK needs a science Diploma
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NewsQCA to lose regulatory arm
Government proposes new independent regulator of qualifications and tests in England to take over the regulatory role of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsChemistry in the limelight
Blundell's School chemistry demonstration spectacular wows pupils from local primary school