All articles by Nina Notman
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Electrolysis gets a boost from metal scraps
Waste metals transformed into catalysts for clean fuel production
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Feature
Why you and your students should get involved in the Olympiad
Challenge your learners and ignite a passion for chemistry
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Your guide to the UK Chemistry Olympiad
Discover how your school can easily participate in the leading annual chemistry competition for secondary school learners
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Simply the best – classic questions from UK Chemistry Olympiads
From cheese to pop cans, favourite questions from the competition
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New method grows larger diamonds
Use this real-world context when teaching about giant covalent structures
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Composite decking can capture carbon dioxide
Could our choice of patio decking help reduce the global warming effects of building materials?
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Enzymes make dyeing denim more sustainable
Have researchers found a greener way to dye jeans blue with less impact on the Earth’s resources and without toxic chemicals?
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Revealing blueberries’ nanostructure
Find out how microscopic, self-assembling particles give blueberries their characteristic blue hue
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High levels of nanoplastics found in bottled water
Unbottle the truth of what’s inside your drinking water
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Life cycle assessment of fast-food containers
Examining the environmental impact of single-use takeaway packaging
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Tropical birds bear brunt of gold mining impact
Birds pay the environmental price for metal extraction
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Nanoparticles answer an alchemical mystery
Gold nanoparticles explain the mystery of why fulminating gold explodes with a purple plume of smoke
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Making ammonia production greener
Could lasers offer a more sustainable alternative to the Haber process
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Scientists discover the heaviest oxygen isotope
Help learners delve into atomic structure and isotopes with this research context
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Tackling global demand for lithium one string at a time
Crystalising lithium salts on strings could be the key to supplying the vast volume needed for a net-zero world
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Interview
‘My passion is to inspire young people in STEM’
Meet Wesleigh Dawsmith, a DT technician, STEM ambassador and passionate advocate for science outreach
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The effect of human leisure on water pollution
From cocaine to antihistamines, the surprising mix of chemicals detected after a day out at the river
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From sulfur dioxide to atmospheric oxygen
Early Earth’s oxygen surge could be partly thanks to volcanic sulfur dioxide
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Firefighting chemistry
From polymers to inorganic compounds, discover the remarkable science behind fighting fires