News & analysis – Page 7
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Poly(ionic liquid)s act like taste buds for simple sugars
New system could find use in food monitoring or disease detection
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Carbon nanotubes grown using kitchen chemicals
Cheap compounds found in kitchen cupboards can act as catalysts for making carbon nanotubes
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Dirty stirrer bars can act as phantom catalysts
Contaminated stirrer bars could be ruining experiments that are sensitive to tiny amounts of metal catalysts
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Water found in asteroid dust
Water detected in samples from an asteroid’s surface for the first time
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Recycling plastic bottles into jet fuel
Teach your students how plastic waste is being converted into hydrocarbon fuels
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Recognition for outstanding contributions to chemistry education
Meet the winners of this year’s RSC awards for chemistry educators
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Deployment, development and pay crucial for science teacher retention
Exploring the principles set to increase the quantity and quality of science teachers
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App quantifies chemicals in thin-layer chromatography
A simple web app converts thin-layer chromatography into a quantitative analytical technique
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Genes that make lemons sour revealed
Don’t end your lesson on a sour note; start it with this starter slide on strong and weak acids
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Chemical analysis reveals origin of Pompeian mosaic tiles
Portable spectrometers shed light on the materials used in ancient Roman mosaics
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How preterm birth can affect learning
Children born prematurely may need different types of support when developing key skills in maths and science