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The apprentice
As featured on BBC Look East, for National Apprenticeship Week, our president Professor Sir John Holman visited LGC in Fordham, Cambridgeshire, to mee
05 March 2018
Winning Chemistree
A Christmas tree made of crystals of pure silver, grown from copper and silver nitrate, has won students from Gordon’s School in Woking first prize in
02 February 2018
The multitasking catalyst
Professor Takashi Ooi and his team of researchers from Nagoya University, Japan, have designed a catalyst that performs two tasks during the course of
25 January 2018
Member benefits: you said, we did
In a few weeks you will receive an invitation to your 2018 membership survey. We use your responses to shape the membership packages, allowing us to b
11 January 2018
Advancing analytical chemistry in Africa – inspired by a skip in Liverpool!
A partnership between universities, businesses, charities is building analytical science capacity in Africa
03 January 2018
New Year Honours for members of our community
A number of our members received recognition for their contributions to science and society in the 2018 New Year Honours.
02 January 2018
Rise of the puddings
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill, known to millions around the world for his role as Luke Skywalker, is now a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
08 December 2017
Celebrating diversity in the chemical sciences
Representatives from across science and the public gathered at our London headquarters to discuss progress and challenges in diversity in STEM, for th
24 November 2017
Chemistry students save 3000 litres of water a week in the lab
A group of PhD students from Stellenbosch University in South Africa have responded to their country’s water crisis by designing ingenious water-savin
30 October 2017
A lasting friendship
Celebrating 150 years of cooperation with the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker – the German Chemical Society.
26 October 2017
Get into teaching
We chat to four teachers about their experiences in the classroom and why more scientists should consider a career in teaching.
05 October 2017
Stirling High School unveils mural of our visual elements periodic table
Stirling High School in Scotland recently unveiled a beautiful mural of our visual elements periodic table. Our education executive, Stephen Hessey, r
05 October 2017