The Chemistry Specialist - Online

"If technology continues to advance, we foresee that hydrogen can supply up to half of our power needs by 2050, alongside domestic renewable energy sources and electricity imports."

Singapore’s strategy towards net zero A proactive approach is key to meeting twin challenges of the energy and climate crises. Read more at straitstimes.com.

What is in rainwater?

Rainwater unsafe to drink due to chemicals: Study Even in Antarctica or the Tibetan plateau, the levels in the rainwater are above the US drinking water guidelines. Read more at straitstimes.com.

"Robert ‘Bob’ Curl, a physical chemist who was jointly awarded a Nobel prize in 1996, has died aged 88.

Curl was a member of the team that discovered fullerenes in 1985."

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Chemistry Nobel laureate Robert Curl dies at 88 Curl's passing means that all three scientists who won the 1996 chemistry Nobel prize for discovering fullerenes are gone

Students can now personalise their profiles on SLS! 😁

Students can now personalise their profiles on SLS! Pick different expressions, eyewear, or switch your costume, and just ‘be yourself’!

Students can now personalise their profiles on the...

Something interesting to check out this holiday.

Here’s to our youth, making a global impact! 🌏

Come view student projects on UN Sustainable Development Goals and learn more about how our ideas can make a difference at the YSEP showcase.

YSEP is a mentoring programme that guides students to develop innovative products and solutions to solve real-life community problems using Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The programme also equips the students with relevant design thinking, communication and STEM skills.

Book your tickets now: https://www.gevme.com/scsonlinetickets

The examination timetable for students taking O Level examinations is out.

https://www.seab.gov.sg/home/examinations/important-dates-for-candidates

Note that the timetable is subject to changes, so do check back at the SEAB webpage for updates nearer your examination period.

Important dates regarding your Chemistry 6092 papers are as follows:

13 October (Thursday); shifts - 6092/03; Chemistry Paper 3

27 October (Thursday); 14:30 - 16:15 - 6092/02; Chemistry Paper 2

10 November (Thursday); 14:00 - 15:00 - 6092/01; Chemistry Paper 1

Start planning your revision today! ☺️

Learning beyond the syllabus. - Haber Process and its impact on the environment.

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Industrial ammonia production emits more CO2 than any other chemical-making reaction. Chemists want to change that Scientists around the world are working to reduce how much greenhouse gas the ammonia-making process emits

Do you wear contact lenses? Here are some interesting facts about contact lenses that you may want to read about. 🧐

The Chemistry of Contact Lenses For objects that essentially look like thin plastic films, there’s a surprising amount of chemistry behind contact lenses. This chemistry is designed to maximise comfort whilst they are being worn,…

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/mid-year-exams-be-scrapped-all-primary-secondary-schools-2023-1838311

Mid-year exams to be scrapped in all primary, secondary schools by 2023 SINGAPORE — Students in primary and secondary school will no longer have to sit for mid-year examinations from 2023 to give them more time to participate in self-directed learning and "develop 21st century competencies".

This is so cool! 😎

New microscope makes tracking chiral molecules in live cells possible The instrument uses circularly polarised light to tell left- and right-handed species apart and monitor them in space and time

Sustainable fuel for a greener flight.

SIA, Scoot flights to use sustainable fuel made from cooking oil and animal fat from Q3 2022 SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) and budget carrier Scoot will begin using sustainable aviation fuel from the third quarter of 2022, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on Friday (Feb 11). The product comprises 1.25 million litres of fuel, produced from used cooking oil and wast...