Super cool Thomas Whale, from the University of Leeds, explains how freezing water works. First, it usually requires small particles of another solid to be present. “Contrary to popular perception, ...

Countries agree a new intergovernmental science-policy panel to support the sound management of chemicals and waste and to ...

Celebrating excellence across the chemical sciences, we are proud to recognise people from a wide range of career stages, ...

The Royal Society of Chemistry has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), continuing our drive to modernise how we measure excellence in the chemical sciences. We are the ...

About this lectureship This lectureship recognises early career researchers, typically within ten years of attaining their PhD or equivalent degree or within the first five years of their independent ...

David Mugenyi will be joining the Royal Society of Chemistry on 1 May 2025, as Chief Financial Officer. David previously served as Group Finance Operations Director at BSI Group (the British Standards ...

A vaccine researcher responsible for saving millions of lives, a climate scientist who helped fix the ozone layer, a hugely influential science educator, and an electrochemistry pioneer have all been ...

With the learnings from this event, and the collaborative momentum gained, we will continue to provide thought leadership in this area by developing a vision for the management of chemicals throughout ...

More chemical scientists are needed if the multi-billion-pound sector is to fulfil its potential to outpace the UK’s wider economic growth and meet national sustainability ambitions, according to our ...

The Royal Society of Chemistry has agreed a new three-year Open Access publishing agreement with Couperin, a consortium of French Higher Education and Research establishments. The agreement represents ...

We have undertaken the UK’s first survey of public attitudes to PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, revealing that 9 in 10 people in the UK think it is ‘very important’ to effectively control levels of the ...

15 January 2025 In a significant move to support at risk academics, the Chemists' Community Fund (the benevolent fund of the Royal Society of Chemistry) has begun a three-year partnership of £120,000 ...