March 2007
RSC gives budget cautious welcome
22 March 2007
RSC chief executive Dr Richard Pike has cautiously welcomed this year's budget proposals on science
Gut feeling for antibody detection
22 March 2007
A protein-coated gold electrode to test people for gluten intolerance has been devised by German scientists.
Snail slime substitutes
22 March 2007
A team of engineers have set a small robot climbing walls in order to compare how natural and artificial snail slimes work.
Is solar UV frying fish?
20 March 2007
Marine and freshwater organisms could be facing damage due to increasing levels of ultraviolet radiation, according to a United Nations commissioned review.
Flexible battery power
19 March 2007
A paper-like, polymer based rechargeable battery has been made by Japanese scientists.
The lethal remains of the tin man...
16 March 2007
A method for monitoring highly poisonous tin compounds originating from landfill sites has been developed by French scientists.
Mannequins give symbolic protest to funding cuts
15 March 2007
About 1,000 scientific research jobs will be lost this year in the UK because the government is snatching funding from science
Metal in feathers could provide bird flu clues
15 March 2007
Differing strontium isotope ratios in bird feathers could predict their migration patterns and the arrival of avian carried diseases such as bird flu
Hidden fingerprints revealed
14 March 2007
Hidden fingerprints can now be revealed quickly and reliably thanks to two developments in nanotechnology.
Young scientists and science minister meet at Voice of the Future event
13 March 2007
More than 200 young scientists have met science minister Malcolm Wicks and members of the Science and Technology Select Committee
Lord Sainsbury one of three politicians honoured by RSC
12 March 2007
Lord Sainsbury, Baroness Platt of Writtle and conservative MP Robert Key have all been honoured by the RSC.
Petrol problems
02 March 2007
The RSC chief executive Richard Pike was interviewed by, and featured in, national news programmes and newspapers on the issue of petrol contamination
RSC stage-fright prize will honour Olivier in centenary year
02 March 2007
As a tribute to Sir Laurence Olivier, the RSC is offering a prize for the most harrowing case of stage-fright in the UK
