News and analysis – Page 32
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NewsChemistry in the limelight
Blundell's School chemistry demonstration spectacular wows pupils from local primary school
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NewsChemNet goes nanotech
ChemNet members do nanoscale science at a series of Chemistry Week workshops held in the SchoolsLab at the University of Liverpool
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NewsChemNet's first year
2007 saw some 2000 students join ChemNet, the RSC's network for students aged 16-18 studying chemistry in school and further education
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NewsFuelling the future - on tour
Following the success of its Chemistry Week UK roadshow in 2005 the Royal Society of Chemistry this year ran a national tour
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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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NewsHigher-order thinking
According to researchers in Israel, teachers who encourage higher-order thinking skills with their classes are likely to improve students' attitudes to learning
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NewsHollywood science - call for film and TV clips
Dr Jonathan Hare, star of BBC TV's Hollywood science series, wants to investigate the truth behind the science in your favourite film clips
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NewsA trip through chemistry week '07
Highlighting to the public the important role the chemical sciences and the work of chemists play in our everyday lives
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NewsChemistry giant INEOS supports Olympiad
INEOS, the world's third-largest producer of chemicals, donates £250,000 to the RSC to support the UK Chemistry Olympiad competition for UK sixthform students
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NewsDo maths grades add up?
Findings from recent research lead to recommendations for the maths provision in UK chemistry departments
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NewsRolls-Royce science prize
Science teachers working in schools and colleges in the UK and Ireland are invited to enter the Rolls-Royce Science Prize 2008/09
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NewsUsing the internet in science teaching
Research shows that student teachers in the UK remain sceptical about the value added to students' learning by using the Internet in science lessons
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NewsCarbon chemistry CD-ROM
Allison Prior reviews this CD-ROM aimed at GSCE and A-Level specifications
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NewsChanges to A-level chemistry
Will the new GCE AS and A2 chemistry specifications satisfy the wide range of students they serve, as well as UK university chemistry departments?
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NewsColourful Nanotech
US scientists discover a new class of iron oxide nanoparticles that, when in solution, change colour in the presence of a magnetic field
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NewsElemental magnetism
US and German scientists induce magnetic moment in carbon nanoparticles by using proton beam