Elements in focus: molybdenum
From samurai swords to healthy tomato plants, this little-known element has wider uses than you might expect.
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From samurai swords to healthy tomato plants, this little-known element has wider uses than you might expect.
Introduce your students to acoustic and optical spectra with a hands-on murder mystery.
If you ever buy an energy drink as a pick-me-up, do you know what it contains? Here we use laboratory chemistry to find out.
Learn how to carry out microscale experiments for greener chemistry teaching – and less washing up.
The role of our oceans in climate change is more complicated than you might think.
Simulate a neuron in the classroom.
Hot, luminous and destructive: fire is a force of nature. Here we look at how to use and control it safely with water and carbon dioxide.
Studies of iron oxides under extreme conditions are shining a light on Earth’s interior and its role in our climate.
We know that robots are good for mechanical tasks – but here’s a chemistry project for robots that don’t mind getting their sensors wet.
Studies of radiocarbon are helping scientists to understand how neurons remain stable yet adaptable.
Elements in focus: molybdenum
Who murdered Sir Ernest? Solve the mystery with spectral fingerprints
Cans with a kick: the science of energy drinks
Small is beautiful: microscale chemistry in the classroom
Climate change: why the oceans matter
The resting potential: introducing foundations of the nervous system
Practical pyrotechnics
Under pressure: the role of Earth’s mantle in our climate
Chembot: chemistry with robots
The element of surprise