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The Ice Man Cometh: Erasto Mpemba flies into London
Erasto Mpemba, whose name was given to the mystery of why hot water freezes faster than cold water, will be in London this Thursday in a rare visit be
09 January 2013
RSC acquires The Merck Index
The famous "bible" of chemistry, The Merck Index, is to join the highly acclaimed publishing portfolio of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
13 December 2012
RSC Gold for Gold goes global
Following an exceedingly successful pilot in the UK, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is now rolling out its 'Gold for Gold' open access initiativ
10 December 2012
The forgotten scientist who trained TE Lawrence behind enemy lines
The Royal Society of Chemistry is using next week's 50th anniversary of the first screening of Lawrence of Arabia to spotlight the heroic, but forgott
05 December 2012
Unique fragrance created for The Queen as a jubilee year Christmas gift taken to the Palace today
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) today conveyed to Buckingham Palace a fragrance created for The Queen as a Christmas gift for the end of her Diam
19 November 2012
Insulin dose through the nose - the end of injections for diabetics?
Scientists have developed a once-a-day nasal gel formulation for the delivery of insulin that could put an end to injections for Type 1 diabetes suffe
08 November 2012
Halloween chemical prank condemned by Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry today condemned a website which suggested a Halloween practical joke that could be very harmful.
30 October 2012
Bill Bryson Science Communication Prize winners attend Westminster award ceremony
Award-winning young science communicators will gather at the House of Commons in London today to meet author Bill Bryson and collect their awards for
22 October 2012
Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded for G-protein-coupled receptors
10 October 2012
RSC teacher training scholarships to attract top graduates to become exceptional chemistry teachers
New teacher training scholarships in chemistry led by the RSC have been announced today.
28 September 2012
One hundred years on, the RSC celebrates progress towards realising father of photochemistry's vision
The Royal Society of Chemistry is marking the centenary of the publication of a seminal paper authored by the 'father of photochemistry'.
25 September 2012
RSC receives an incredible response to its Mpemba Effect competition
There has been, and still is, worldwide interest in an RSC competition in which we offered £1000 to the person submitting the most imaginative, scient
20 August 2012