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World Energy Council sets out a radically different vision for the future of transport
The World Energy Council will tomorrow outline two distinct visions of the future of the global transport sector to 2050, highlighting the impact that policies could have on the future of the transport sector.
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Learn Chemistry - hundreds of high-quality education resources in one place
The RSC's huge collection of modern, relevant resources is a boon to teachers and students everywhere
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RSC ready to oversee A-level and GCSE exams says chemistry chief
The chief executive of the RSC welcomes Professor Sir John Holmans call for learned societies to overlook not only A-level, but also GCSE exam regulation.
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Mrs Beeton's toast sandwich loses its economical crown
Hundreds and hundreds of entries have provided a wealth of good, bad and downright disgusting cheap meals
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RSC statement on Shell research centre closure at Thornton
How can a vision for a high-tech future British economy be justified?
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RSC launches Biomaterials Science journal in collaboration with Kyoto University (iCeMS)
Academic and industrial researchers have a new option for the publication of their research in 2012, with the launch of the latest RSC journal.
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Was 50th anniversary movie Dr No negative for nuclear?
Nuclear energy is a vital part of the UK energy mix - but has its representation in popular culture added to public mistrust?
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Walnuts pack the biggest punch when it comes to healthy nuts
Walnuts have been crowned king of nuts when it comes to health benefits, according to scientists.
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RSC President Professor David Phillips receives CBE in Queen's New Year's honours list
Professor Phillips adds a CBE to the OBE he was awarded in 1999.
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RSC President David Phillips on today's announcement by AstraZeneca
Professor Phillips describes the implications of job losses at AstraZeneca
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10 out of 10 for boron's coordinated effort
Chemists create a boron compound with the most coordination linkages ever seen in a planar species
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NERC asks institutes to weed out poor grants
Research council plans to improve grant success rates by getting universities to screen out uncompetitive proposals
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Whistleblowers accuse FDA of spying, persecution
US FDA employees sue agency, saying they were subjected to secret surveillance for expressing safety concerns about medical devices
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Toxic mushroom behind Chinese deaths unmasked
The killer chemicals that have claimed hundreds of lives in China have been identified in a new species of fungi
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Ultrafast NMR shows the way
Scientists working in Israel and Spain have used two-dimensional NMR to monitor a reaction in real time
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AstraZeneca to cut 7300 more jobs
The cost cutting trend is set to continue as big pharma reels from patent expiries
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UK chemistry student numbers hold steady
Chemistry degrees predicted to buck the trend of a 9% drop in applications to UK universities
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Magical microwaves
When a reaction speeds up in a microwave, is it down to the heat or the microwaves?
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The worlds strongest fibres
A polymer fibre that combines carbon nanotubes and reduced graphene oxide is stronger than spider silk and Kevlar
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Two become one for bio-oil upgrade
A zeolite-metal catalyst combination will make transport fuels from biomass a more realistic prospect
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