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Is there an easy way to memorise all 112 elements? Yes, there is. You could make up a melody, and sing them.
Melody is a great mnemonic device. The idea was used by Carleton University professor Bob Burk, to encourage his students’ interest in...
PerkinElmer has proudly congratulated the Brawn GP racing team and driver Jenson Button on winning the Formula One Constructors’ and Drivers’ Championships respectively. The Brawn team used various PerkinElmer instruments to test the car’s performance...
Early this week I attended the Nano and emerging technologies forum in London, a networking conference where the UK’s nanotechnology community got together to discuss the state-of-the-art in this field.
Tony Ryan from the University of Sheffield...
In this week’s Chemistry in its element, Claire Carmalt from University College London talks about the metal that cries when it is heated and is vital for modern day living.