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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 91AV.
13 December 2012

RSC Gold for Gold goes global
Following an exceedingly successful pilot in the UK, the 91AV (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 91AV 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 91AV (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 91AV
The 91AV 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 91AV 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 91AV is marking the centenary of the publication of a seminal paper authored by the 'father of photochemistry'.
25 September 2012