All RSC Education articles in November 2010
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The Mole
A day in the life of an ink development manager: Josie Harries
Josie Harries has been working for Domino Printing Sciences for five years and has been an ink development manager there for the last year. She talks to Laura Howes about her typical day
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News
Silkworms versus superbugs
Strains of potentially lethal bacteria that are resistant to common antibiotics have appeared in hospitals across the globe
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Review
Metals and life
Simon Cotton reviews this text for the Open University course S347 Metals and life
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Feature
From LCDs to medical materials
A green technology can be used to extract valuable chemicals and the recovered low-value plastic can be turned into higher-value materials for new and important applications
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Review
An introduction to ionic liquids
John Slattery reviews this timely contibution to the topic of ionic liquids
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Soundbite
French fries
Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives.
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News
New RSC Teacher Fellows
Introducing the new RSC teacher fellows: Declan Fleming and Jacquie Robson
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Feature
Electronic voting systems in undergraduate teaching
Reminiscent of Who Wants to be a Millionaire voting systems, university lecturers can use electronic voting systems to monitor students' understanding and make learning more interactive for the students and the teacher
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Maths
Descriptive statistics
Tips for teaching maths skills to our future chemists, by Paul Yates of Keele University
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News
Fungal degradaton
Soil fungi and a strain of fungus that causes white rot could be useful agents in the biodegradation of bisphenol A based plastics
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Feature
The curious story of toxic ice
In 1944 a fake article was submitted and published as a scientific paper. In the context of How Science Works, can a hoax have educational value?
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Review
Uncovering Chemical Secrets: e-learning support for A level Chemistry
Penny Bagshaw reviews this e-learning organic chemistry resource
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Exhibition chemistry
Exploding soap bubbles
Soap bubbles containing a mixture of oxygen and methane can be used to produce spectacular explosions and impressive shock-waves that will always please