News and analysis – Page 29
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The big bang - all the fun of the science fair
The first UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair - The big bang - will be held from 4-6 March in London.
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A day in the life of a formulation scientist: Charlotte Ashley-Roberts
Charlotte has spent the past 12 months working as a formulation scientist for 3M. She talks to about her typical day
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CFOF rolls out to Wales
Chemistry for our future (CFOF) awarded £183k over the next two years for outreach projects in Wales
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Chemistry's grand challenges
UK chemists identify main areas for research funding for the next 20-40 years.
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Inspiring the gifted and talented
How do we encourage the best chemistry students in schools and colleges to go on to study chemistry at university and become the next generation of chemistry teachers?
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RSC teacher fellow 2008-09
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) teacher fellow for 2008-09 is Anthony Hardwicke
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SET award goes to UCL chemist
Vijay Chudasama, University College London, picks up best chemistry student prize at the 2008 Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Student of the Year Awards.
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Carbon unfurled
US scientists use scanning tunnelling microscopy to reveal the electronic properties of graphene
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European chemistry education database
SusChem launches online database of European education activities in sustainable chemistry
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Let there be light
For the past 28 years experiments using the bright light generated by the Synchrotron Radiation Source (SRS) at the Daresbury Laboratory have supported the development of new medicines, electronic gadgets, and even chocolate
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Mopping up heavy metals
Chinese chemists develop magnetic 'nanomould' particles to clean up toxic chromium compounds from industrial waste water
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Rocky water source
Scientists in the Netherlands are working to release trillions of litres of clean water from gypsum found in the desert
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The science diploma update
The content of the Science Diploma, which will be available at three levels, is beginning to take shape.
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The Mole
Prison break: could you escape from jail using a wet shirt?
On screen chemistry with Jonathan Hare
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Bill Bryson prize communicators
Primary and secondary school students from across the UK exhibit their talent for communicating science in the RSC Bill Bryson Prize competition
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Cognitive conflict
Using a demonstration of strong and weak acids, Australian researchers studied the effectiveness of using cognitive conflict strategy with Year 11 chemistry students
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Loughborough students up to the test
A team of Year 12 chemists from Loughborough Grammar School win the coveted National Schools' Analyst Competition shield.
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Sixthformers camp out
New residential camp run at Bristol University offers students who are considering studying for a degree in chemistry in the UK the opportunity to experience being in a chemistry department
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A day in the life of a forensic scientist: Tom Geddes
Tom Geddes has spent the past four years working for LGC Forensics, Culham, as a forensic scientist. He talks to Kathryn Roberts about his typical day