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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
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
Dr Terry Roberts FRSC
19 April 1943 - 27 November 2012
27 November 2012