All RSC Education articles in September 2010 – Page 2

  • The team with RSC President Dave Garner and Jim Dawson of INEOS
    News

    UK Olympiad team go for gold

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, hosted the finals of the 42nd International Chemistry Olympiad competition

  • Hennig Brandt discovers phosphorus
    Feature

    The medicinal history of phosphorus

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    In the early Middle Ages 'physicians' treated most illnesses ineffectually, with herbs and plant extracts

  • A scientist
    News

    The initial spark

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Adam Maltese from Indiana University and Robert Tai from Virginia University interviewed 116 scientists from across the US to find out what made them take up a career in science

  • Figure 1
    Feature

    Iron ocean seeding

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Carbon sequestration - the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere - is an active area of research

  • Cover of The laws of thermodynamics
    Review

    The laws of thermodynamics

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Peter Hughes reviews this pocket-sized text

  • Science of materials summer school
    News

    Materials summer school

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    At the beginning of July, 25 chemistry teachers attended the RSC's The science of materials summer school in London

  • Sanger sequencing
    Feature

    Single molecule sequencing

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The first draft sequence of the human genome, announced 10 years ago, was time-consuming and expensive

  • A sandalwood sculpture of an elephant
    Soundbite

    Sandalwood

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives

  • Demonstrating with liquid crystals
    News

    Science on the Southbank

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Royal Society (RS) took over London's Southbank to celebrate its 350th anniversary

  • A thorium aeroplane engine
    Elements

    Thorium

    2010-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The nuclear fuel that could last 10,000 years

  • Clare Herd
    The Mole

    A day in the life of STEM ambassadors coordinator: Clare Herd

    2010-09-01T16:21:00Z

    Clare Herd has spent the last 3 months working as the local STEM ambassadors coordinator at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum. She talks to Laura Howes about her typical day