All News articles – Page 57

  • The UK team
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    UK Olympiad team excels in Korea

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    All four students in the team representing the UK at the finals of the 38th International Chemistry Olympiad have returned as medallists from the competition

  • The houses of parliament
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    Lords take evidence on science teaching in schools

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    In brief...

  • Downing street
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    RSC Council heads for Downing Street

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The energy challenge. Chemical scientists will have a major role to play in meeting the objectives set out in the Government's energy policy

  • Thought bubble
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    Thiosulfate coordination

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Put your questions on chemistry teaching to our experts

  • Trophy
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    Communicating science

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    In July the winners of the first RSC Bill Bryson Prize for science communication were selected from over 400 entries from secondary schools and 60 entries from primary schools.

  • Figure 1 - Diagram of a fuel cell
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    Novel materials for fuel cells

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Fuel cells will be used to power everything from laptops, through cars and buses, to hospital electrical systems. Finding materials that are lightweight and can soak up H2 gas like a sponge will be key to this technology

  • Science being done on a stage
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    Final call for Science on Stage delegates

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK national steering group of Science on Stage, the Europe-wide festival for science teachers, is inviting teachers to apply to take part in the next Science on Stage event.

  • A science teacher droning to a bored student
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    Boring science

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Terry Lyons from the University of New England, Australia has looked at studies of secondary students' attitudes towards science to find out what makes school science boring.

  • Students from Singapore wearing protective eye wear
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    Learning from the best

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Researchers from the National Institute of Education in Singapore have attempted to determine why pupils from Singapore and Japan are so successful in answering science questions.

  • Secondary school students doing practical science
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    Assessment of practical work

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Researchers at Durham University have been investigating different techniques to measure key aspects of practical performance with a view to producing test items that are more reliable than those currently used

  • Structures: (1) aricept (2) exelon (3) reminyl (4) tacrine (5) huperzine A
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    Rationing the drugs for Alzheimer's disease

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Medicinal compounds: John Mann takes a look at drugs on the market

  • A students in front of a periodic table with scientific apparatus
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    First look at A-level alternative

    2006-09-01T00:00:00Z

    This month UK independent and international schools will receive drafts of a new post-16 qualification that will be available in 2008 as an alternative to A-levels and the IB

  • An astronaut in space
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    Smart materials self-repair

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Researchers in Germany and Portugal, have devised a new gel-like coating for metals and alloys that not only protects the surface but repairs any cracks or holes that appear in the coating itself

  • Students in graduation robes
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    MChem makes its mark

    2006-03-01T00:00:00Z

    In response to the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education, a group of academics and industrialists, led by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), has produced a set of outcomes - 'benchmarks' - that define the expectations of BSc(hons)