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Beating the coffee ring effect
ChemSci Pick of the Week – Scientists in Germany have come up with an ingenious way to make water droplets dry evenly – avoiding the unwelcome ‘coffee
05 September 2018
Breakthroughs in graphene synthesis
ChemSci Pick of the Week – Scientists in Brazil have made the largest chemically synthesised graphene sheet ever reported.
29 August 2018
The science of mountain clothing
Dr Melanie Windridge climbed Mount Everest earlier this year, and made a series of videos about science in the mountains. As part of her research on t
28 August 2018
Supercooling: not super cool?
ChemSci Pick of the Week – Scientists in Japan have made advances in the way we study functional molecular liquids – materials that are integral to th
01 August 2018
UK team achieve best ever result at the International Chemistry Olympiad
A team of four A-level students from the United Kingdom won three gold medals and one silver medal at the 50th International Chemistry Olympiad compet
01 August 2018
From Northumbria with love
Analytical chemistry lecturer Dr Michelle Carlin became the go-to expert toxicologist when the Salisbury spy-poisoning case broke earlier this year.
12 July 2018
Hidden diversity steps out from the closet
Professor of chemistry at the University of York and a member of our Inclusion and Diversity Committee, David Smith shares his thoughts on why the sci
05 July 2018
Celebrating LGBTSTEM Day 2018
Join us as we celebrate the first ever International Day of LGBTQ+ People in STEM.
05 July 2018
Nanoscale Advances: a new open access journal for nanoscience
Nanoscale Advances, a new journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry, launches in partnership with leading nanoscience research centre the National C
04 June 2018
Recognising those who support our work
Our Awards for Service and our Inspirational Member Awards recognise those who have gone the extra mile to support our work.
23 May 2018
Inspiring leadership in chemistry teaching
We welcomed current and future leaders from education and science to our London home, Burlington House, for an afternoon of talks, conversation and in
23 May 2018
A colourful challenge
Pupils from Gordon’s School – who previously brought you the ‘Chemistree’ grown from copper and silver nitrate crystals – have risen to a new challeng
17 May 2018