News & analysis – Page 8
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NewsCatalyst makes liquid fuels from renewable resources
A step closer to producing fuels for trucks and airplanes from biomass
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AnalysisUptake of science apprenticeships grows
Getting started wih lab tech and lab scientist apprenticeships
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NewsChemists weave granny and triple trefoil knots
Giant molecules with a carbon backbone by synthetic chemistry
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NewsA new angle on collision theory
Scientists shoot the world’s smallest projectiles – individual molecules – and use them to study how reactions happen
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AnalysisFinding the fake booze
Ever wondered what Raman spectrometry is? Here’s how it can find out what’s in a bottle without opening it.
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NewsHealthy mice start to smell like sick ones
Sniffer mice and chemical analysis suggest that sickness odours are contagious
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AnalysisThe problems with predicted grades
Why support for overhauling admissions systems is mounting
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AnalysisDeclining university chemistry applications
There are fewer undergraduates studying chemistry. Should we be concerned?
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NewsSeven simple rules offered to bolster science education
Practical guidance to make evidence-based teaching accessible
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NewsThe science of sweeter sugars
The sweetest saccharides form the strongest and shortest hydrogen bonds
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NewsPay blamed for specialist teacher shortages
Staffing gap between deprived and more affluent areas grows
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NewsSynthetic retina is looking good
New molybdenum disulfide and graphene implant curves with retina – with lesson starter slides
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NewsSome students will achieve an impossible grade this Thursday
Ofqual revises minimum science grade
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NewsDynamic surfaces can be switched by magnetic fields
Magnetic fields can alter surface friction and stickiness
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NewsMineral filters cut carcinogens in smoked foods
Cutting edge science research with a consumer application
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NewsHundreds of helium compounds could be hiding in Earth’s mantle
Use this cutting edge research into helium compounds in class
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AnalysisStudents don’t have to stick to lab projects during chemistry degrees
They can gain valuable employment skills in other ways