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Celebrating 200 years of selenium research
The element selenium was discovered 200 years ago. We spoke to the editors of a new book entitled “Organoselenium Compounds in Biology and Medicine”,
14 August 2017
A new way to remove BPA from water
An international team of scientists have designed a water treatment system that can remove the harmful chemical BPA from water with 99% effectiveness
03 August 2017
Science outreach goes multilingual
Supported by our inclusion and diversity fund, researchers from the University of Manchester engaged 80 youngsters with some multilingual science outr
14 July 2017
Where chemistry meets maths meets art
Geoffrey Boocock spent his Time4Chem last year creatively designing arithmetical ‘magic’ squares in celebration of our 175th anniversary after attendi
10 July 2017
Soap and suds in Donaghmore
Dr Dermot Hanna from our Northern Ireland Local Section presented a talk on the ‘story of soap’ to the Donaghmore Historical Society
26 June 2017
A greener approach
Shun-Jun Ji, Shun-Yi Wang and their research group at Soochow University tell us about the science behind using a peaceful aquatic scene to illustrate
15 May 2017
Recognising a great contribution from an unsung hero
Neil Barnes, from the University of Nottingham, receives our President’s Award, for "outstanding contributions to the dissemination, advancement or ap
12 May 2017
Micro machines shine a light on ecstasy
Scientists in Denmark and Spain have designed a molecular machine that can detect MDMA – the active ingredient in ecstasy – in tiny quantities and wit
11 May 2017
Remembering respected food scientist Jack Pearce
Mark Collins, secretary of our Northern Ireland local section, celebrates the life of esteemed food scientist Professor Jack Pearce, who sadly passed
02 May 2017
All that glitters鈥�
Kishore Bagga, secretary of our US East Coast local section, reports on a recent meeting discussing the chemistry of forensic analysis of jewellery.
10 April 2017
Portable chemistry
Vanessa Timmermann, 3rd year PhD student at the University of Manchester, reports from a very successful ‘Spectroscopy in a Suitcase’ tour of the Isle
28 March 2017
Salters鈥� 海角社区 Camps extend reach into Northeast India
In July 2016, 海角社区’s Yusuf Hamied Programme extended its reach into Northeast India, conducting two Salters’ 海角社区 Camps in
15 February 2017