Chemistry | Repton Dubai

Chemistry at @ReptonDubai, an independent day and boarding school, teaching ages 3 to 18.

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What makes some foods more appealing than others? Why are doughnuts so tempting when broccoli isn't? Our latest film with @BBCideas looks at the science behind our food choices.

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For students who want to combine practical work with study and have the passion to use their skills to change the world, why not recommend apprenticeships or other work-based learning routes into chemistry?

Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/EDb81W9W3O #TeachersMakingTheDifference

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What’s next for your students? Continuing with chemistry could be the most important decision they ever make – not only for their future but for the future of the planet too.

Share this resource with your students https://t.co/EDb81W9W3O #TeachersMakingthedifference #ExamResults

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Start with chemistry – end up changing the world!

Encourage your students to make that vision a reality with careers that can change the world. Download our ‘At School’ careers guides now ➡️ https://t.co/5sMKgApsdk

#Teachersmakingthedifference @getintoteaching

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Choosing to study chemistry at university can open up a world of career opportunities. In fact, all industries are influenced by chemistry.

Inspire your students to explore the various careers and industries associated with chemistry #Teachersmakingthedifference @getintoteaching

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In 1856, William Perkin (aged 18) created mauveine, one of the first synthetic dyes, and in doing do laid the foundations for the synthetic dye industry. In Victorian England, mauveine was used in fashion, on postage stamps and our own President’s medal ribbon #collectionsunited

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Vladimir Prelog, born #OTD in 1906, was interested in the 3D arrangement of atoms in molecules.

He also helped chemists classify different forms of the same molecule. For example lactic acid can exist in two forms: (S)-lactic acid on the left and (R)-lactic acid on the right.

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Happy birthday to the brilliant #Rosalind Franklin. 🎈 🎊 🎂

We have dug out from our archives an interview with Rosalind's younger sister and biographer of the pioneering chemist - Jenifer Glynn. Watch the interview now ➡️ https://t.co/v1xtQ2BbyE

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It's just a common grey rock you say.... Think again! Watch what happens when the UV LW torch illuminates the rock 🔦 #organgeglow 😲 #sodalite #yooperlite for #FluorescenceFriday #cenchempics @cenmag #lavarocks #glowythings

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Marie Sklodowska Curie discovered polonium in an experiment conducted #OnThisDay in 1898.

Watch the story behind the discovery of polonium, as well as radium, which was also discovered the same year.

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‘A diagram of the silicon-based molecule gives the impression of a benzene ring that has been in a traffic accident’ – Brian Clegg investigates the curious chemistry of hexasilabenzene

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Before scientific weather forecasting, predicting weather relied on observation, with planets, animals & plants all used as signs. Head to our new @googlearts exhibit on Weather Lore with @metoffice to discover the accurate and the absurd. #SummerScience
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New video - The Discovery of Black Nitrogen

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Marie Curie died of aplastic anaemia on 4 July 1934, a result of years of exposure to radiation through her work. Even today her laboratory notebook from 1899-1902, is radioactive and will be for 1,500 years.

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Summer Science is moving online! Join us for #SummerScience Online from 13-17 July, and you'll get the chance to delve into our 350-year old archive, experience cutting-edge research from our exhibitors, and tune in for our Big Summer Science Quiz! https://t.co/eA64IH7P8t

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26-year-old Albert Einstein formulated the two postulates of special relativity on 30 June 1905
1. The Principle of Relativity
2. The Constancy of Speed of Light in Vacuum

Photo: Albert Einstein in 1904 or 1905.

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On this day 120 years ago, the Nobel Foundation was founded based on the wishes of Alfred Nobel's testament.

Nobel had a vision of a better world and the foundation is tasked with the mission to manage his fortune and fulfill the intentions of Nobel's will.

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Happy birthday to physicist Martinus Veltman!

Veltman was awarded the #NobelPrize in Physics 21 years ago "for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics."

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Professor Gill Reid has been elected by our members in our presidential election, so becomes president-elect until 2022, when she will succeed Professor Tom Welton as president. Congratulations Gill! Watch her full video ➡️ https://t.co/Pp7zeZqcGe #FridayFeeling

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We are very happy to announce that the Royal Society’s #SummerScience Exhibition is entering the digital world! #SummerScience Online will take place from 13-17 July, with quizzes, talks and videos premiering online and completely free. Find out more: https://t.co/ma3tQp5i89