The magic sand mystery
Using an everyday toy can introduce mystery into the classroom and help explain chemistry.
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Using an everyday toy can introduce mystery into the classroom and help explain chemistry.
The basic chemistry of hair dyes has changed little over the past century, but what do we know about the risks of colouring our hair, and why do we do it?
Making pH-sensitive inks from fruits and vegetables is a creative variation of the cabbage-indicator experiment.
At the Royal Institution, science teacher and communicator Alom Shaha has helped develop the Experimental project to boost science at home.
An online resource published by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Chemistry is not always completely environmentally friendly; green chemistry is working to change that.
Methional played centre stage at the recent Second International Contest for Note by Note Cooking. The challenge: to make dishes containing only methional and ‘pure’ compounds such as milk proteins, alcohols, amino acids and flavour chemicals, and, ideally, no plant tissues, meat, fish or eggs
Could hydrogen be the best alternative for fossil fuels? This demonstration shows how a hydrogen economy might work in practice.
Industrial activities and even geological changes can affect the quality of water, causing contamination that poses risks to human health and the environment. Learn how to become an independent analyst to ensure that we have good-quality water.
To keep refuelling its reactor, the EFDA-JET facility fires frozen hydrogen pellets into 150 million°C plasma. But these pellets have an added benefit as well.
The magic sand mystery
Colour to dye for
An artistic introduction to anthocyanin inks
Taking teaching home
The aspirin screen experiment
Greening chemistry
From methional to fried chicken
A classroom hydrogen economy
Become a water quality analyst
Super cold meets super hot