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Story time at the aquarium
The centrepiece of our members’ reception at ACS Spring was a chemistry storytelling event, at which speakers had to compete for attention with a 70-y
13 April 2018

We all know what temperature water freezes at, right?!
ChemSci Pick of the Week – Some salts may actually raise the freezing temperature of water, rather than lowering it, say researchers from the Universi
11 April 2018

Introducing our new Catalyst consultations
Our Associate Members may have noticed that, as part of the recent changes in membership benefits, they now have access to our new Catalyst consultati
04 April 2018

Encapsulating enzymes for better medicines
ChemSci Pick of the Week – Scientists in Australia have developed a technique by which delicate enzymes can cover themselves in a protective coating,
28 March 2018

Science on Mount Everest
Physicist, speaker, writer and adventurer Dr Melanie Windridge is attempting to climb Mount Everest this spring, and plans to carry out science commun
27 March 2018

Week 12: Can you help us with #Chemglass?
We're working with the curator of chemistry at the Science Museum to tell stories of historical chemical glassware. Week 12's glassware is a 17th cent
26 March 2018

Partnership with leading societies to support ChemRxivâ„¢
We have joined forces with the American Chemical Society and German Chemical Society for an exciting Preprint partnership
21 March 2018

Is academia a career option for me?
"Is academia a career option for me?" This was the question in delegates’ minds when they came to "Richness in Diversity: Academic Careers in STEM", a
16 March 2018

The apprentice
As featured on BBC Look East, for National Apprenticeship Week, our president Professor Sir John Holman visited LGC in Fordham, Cambridgeshire, to mee
05 March 2018

Winning Chemistree
A Christmas tree made of crystals of pure silver, grown from copper and silver nitrate, has won students from Gordon’s School in Woking first prize in
02 February 2018

The multitasking catalyst
Professor Takashi Ooi and his team of researchers from Nagoya University, Japan, have designed a catalyst that performs two tasks during the course of
25 January 2018

Member benefits: you said, we did
In a few weeks you will receive an invitation to your 2018 membership survey. We use your responses to shape the membership packages, allowing us to b
11 January 2018