The Ohio State University's Matthew "Dr. Fus" Stoltzfus' General Chemistry course enrolled over 100, 000 iTunes U students in the first year it was offered.

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It will also examine the general chemistry of the sub-surface layers, to see if it is within the limits tolerable by living things on Earth.

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In my discipline, for example, each school differs slightly on how to teach general chemistry, varies in where inorganic chemistry is placed in the plan of study, and has different laboratory equipment and thus varying lab curricula, etc.

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Science in general and chemistry in particular is a strategic lever for development.

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Madu, from King Edward's School (for boys) had taken chemistry, maths, physics and general studies, and his brother biology, chemistry, maths and general studies.

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It was in 2008, at its 63rd session, that the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2011 International Year of Chemistry.

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This week ARPA-E announced it is funding General Atomics to build a flow battery using well-known, and cheap, lead acid chemistry.

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The launch conference, which will be opened by the Director-General and Nicole Moreau, President of IUPAC, will bring together internationally renowned figures from the world of chemistry, including several Nobel Prize laureates.

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