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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
RSC Honorary Fellows 2025
Four world-renowned scientists join prestigious list of RSC Honorary Fellows.
23 April 2025
RSC honours forgotten Scottish scientific hero
Scientist, philanthropist, adventurer, anti-slavery campaigner. James 'Paraffin' Young was all of these. Yet despite his incredible achievements, no s
09 November 2011
RSC honours memory of Cumbrian scientist who produced the world-changing Atomic Theory
Royal Society of Chemistry honours memory of Cumbrian scientist and Quaker who produced the world-changing Atomic Theory
08 June 2007
RSC honours Oxford University team behind diabetic breakthrough
The team that created a new type of sensor allowing diabetics to easily and accurately monitor their blood sugar will be awarded a National Chemical L
16 July 2012
RSC honours Titanic chemist who gave up his life for female passenger
It was an act of chivalry befitting the most noble of gentlemen. Yet for French chemist René Jacques Lévy, it was to be the last gesture he ever made.
20 February 2020
RSC hosts IUPAC Science Board
The first in-person meeting of the IUPAC Science Board was held on 16 January, hosted by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
20 January 2025
RSC India Managing Director takes on senior role
Ajit K Sharma appointed as Vice President
03 September 2024
RSC Inspirational Committee Prize presented to Molecular Spectroscopy Group at Burlington House
The group's committee reunited for the first in-person meeting since the start of the COVID pandemic.
28 February 2023
RSC inundated with austerity meal suggestions
We'd like to thank every one of the hundreds of people who have sent in suggestions for cheap meals following our promise to reward the first more eco
17 November 2011
RSC joins call for urgent clarity on chemicals strategy
We have joined environmental charities and organisations from across the chemical sciences to issue a statement calling for urgent updates from the UK
14 March 2024
RSC joins professional bodies in raising alarm after climate policy reversal
Following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's announcements on net zero policy this week, we have joined forces with a large number of cross-industry profess
23 September 2023
RSC landmark for ground-breaking discovery that continues to change the world of science
The Royal Society of Chemistry has awarded a National Chemical Landmark blue plaque to the University of Southampton's Chemistry department, celebrati
24 July 2013
RSC launches transparent peer review
RSC Chemical Biology has become the first Royal Society of Chemistry journal to adopt transparent peer review – meaning that reviewers’ comments can b
25 March 2020
RSC launches two new interdisciplinary journals with a focus on applied science
The publications' editors-in-chief express excitement on the unveiling of a pair of new Gold Open Access journals, RSC Applied Interfaces and RSC Appl
15 February 2023
RSC launches £1 million Gold for Gold initiative as Open Access transition begins
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced a groundbreaking £1 million initiative to support British researchers as they begin the transition to Gol
18 July 2012
RSC launches £677k Missing Elements grant programme to tackle chemistry's diversity problem
British and Irish universities are set to benefit from the new funding scheme established one year after the publication of our landmark report on rac
07 November 2023
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
RSC offers £1000 for explanation of an unsolved legendary phenomenon
Why does hot water freeze faster than cold water? It seems a simple enough question - yet it has baffled the best brains for at least 2,300 years.
26 June 2012
RSC partners with Hollywood star Michael Sheen and investigative reporters for new series of award-winning BBC podcast 'Buried'
The entire series of the podcast is available on the BBC's iPlayer and is being broadcast daily on Radio 4.
01 July 2024