September 2005
Selected articles available online.
Column
Roberts sets HEFCE agenda
The final report of HEFCE's advisory group, chaired by Professor Sir Gareth Roberts, on strategically important and vulnerable subjects brings mixed blessings to chemical scientist...
Features
The chemistry of self-healing polymers
A familiar example of a system with self-healing ability is the human body. When a wound occurs, fluids flow to the point of damage. Once there, the fluids undergo an extensive set...
Reviews
Conceptual chemistry (2nd edn)
John Suchocki
Forensic science
Andrew R. W. Jackson and Julie M. Jackson
The science of ice cream
Chris Clarke
Group theory for chemists: fundamental theory and applications
Kieran C. Molloy
Vanity, vitality and virility
John Emsley
Endpoint
GCSE 2006 - prepare for change
The RSC's Colin Osborne and Kay Stephenson comment on what needs to be done to ensure a successful transition to the new GCSEs in 2006.
Infochem
