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Plaque in Cambridge to honour the man who made DNA decoding possible
On Friday 9 December 2005, The Royal Society of Chemistry will commemorate the achievements of the great Scottish chemist Lord Todd, whose work made t
09 December 2005
Submariners can breathe easily
Calling all Beatles fans! You could spend a week on a yellow submarine breathing the same air without suffering any ill effects.
26 October 2005
Celebrities Elements
During Chemistry Week 2005 the RSC invited people to nominate celebrities whose personalities were similar to elements in the Periodic Table.
23 October 2005
Tribute to the courage of Trafalgar women
The courage of three women, possibly prostitutes, who nursed casualties on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, experiencing naval warfare at its m
17 October 2005
Sherlock Holmes honorary fellowship
The Royal Society of Chemistry is to bestow an Extraordinary Honorary Fellowship upon Sherlock Holmes, the first detective to exploit chemical science
16 October 2005
Mystery of woman on Scottish £20 note solved
Thanks to journalists pursuing a story The Royal Society of Chemistry has discovered the identity of a woman chemical scientist whose image is feature
14 October 2005
Brain Chips
Scientists have designed a chip that can analyse changes in the brain.
01 September 2005
Einstein was as much chemist as physicist
Albert Einstein, whose greatest achievement is being commemorated internationally all this year, was a chemist at heart, a leading science writer clai
30 August 2005
Arthritis drug found in mushrooms
Arthritis could soon be relieved by chemicals found in mushrooms, according to German and Vietnamese scientists.
17 July 2005
Potent plant example of why free science access will aid African researchers
PhD chemist, Hareg Tadesse pictured viewing a remarkable 230-year-old preserved plant produced by the Linnaean Society after discussions with the Roya
01 March 2005
RSC offers developing countries free access to journals archives
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is to be the first Learned and Professional organisation to provide developing countries with free access to scie
28 February 2005