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Chemists named as Fellows of the Royal Society
The Royal Society, the national academy of science for the UK and Commonwealth, has released the names of its new fellows for 2013.
03 May 2013
Provision for practical science in schools is seriously lacking
New evidence shows that a worrying number of students are not experiencing a complete and authentic education in the sciences, due to a lack of resour
02 May 2013
Organic electronics will transform the way society interacts with new technology
Smartphones that can be folded to fit in your pocket and video displays that roll up and down like a window blind are the future of new technology, ac
10 April 2013
Baroness Thatcher and science and entrepreneurship
Baroness Thatcher worked as a chemist after graduating.
08 April 2013
Winner of an RSC competition - write a 'missing scene' from the film Lawrence of Arabia
The winner of an RSC competition that invited people to write a 'missing scene' from the film Lawrence of Arabia, is Andrew Fawn, of London.
07 April 2013
How much is Benedict worth? It's elementary, my dear Watson...
As this year's Cambridge Science Festival theme is health, the RSC team wanted to find a way for you to learn all about what you're really made of.
14 March 2013
Chemistry training good for Pope says RSC
The Royal Society of Chemistry is delighted that a chemistry graduate has become Pope.
14 March 2013
Smoke signals: the intriguing chemistry of a conclave chimney
The eyes of the world are focused on a thin chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel. Underneath, ensconced in the papal conclave, 115 cardinals are due t
12 March 2013
RSC adopts CC BY licence for Gold open access papers
The RSC has announced today that it is making a change to copyright arrangements for open access papers published in RSC journals.
07 March 2013
Sir David King warns against "conspiracy of hope" ahead of RSC nuclear debate
Ahead of receiving the Royal Society of Chemistry's Lord Lewis Prize tomorrow, former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government, Professor Sir Dav
04 March 2013
Innovations in soil science will grow the solutions to global food security
A report published by the RSC says that innovative research in soil science will be fundamental in overcoming the growing threat of global food and fu
21 January 2013
Erasto Mpemba announces RSC competition winner
The RSC today announced that Croatian Nikola Bregovic has won its worldwide competition to find the best explanation of the famed Mpemba Effect, by wh
10 January 2013