Finding the right match
ChemSci Pick of the Week (VIDEO) – Researchers in China have developed a cyclic peptide that selectively targets cysteines within a protein structure.
From killer to cure
ChemSci Pick of the Week (INFOGRAPHIC) – A new potential treatment for an aggressive type of breast cancer takes inspiration from a dangerous virus.
Molecular electronics
ChemSci Pick of the Week (VIDEO) – An unusual class of molecules could revolutionise the electronics industry.
Autism Awareness Week
This week marks World Autism Awareness Week, and 2 April is World Autism Day. We take a look at some challenges that might be faced by people with autism in STEM, and the resources we have available to help.
A light bulb moment
ChemSci Pick of the Week (INFOGRAPHIC) – Professor Zhengtao Deng and his team from Nanjing University in China have developed a new photoluminescent material that could be used to make more efficient and environmentally friendly LEDs.
Celebrating IYPT 2019 in India
Professor Peter Sadler from the University of Warwick mesmerised over 550 college students and faculty members from Chennai with his public lecture on the periodic table, which showcased elements of life and medicines.
Recognition for top CCEA GCE chemistry student
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Northern Ireland Local Section Committee visited CCEA to make a presentation to Emer Kennedy, who was the top CCEA GCE Chemistry student in the summer 2017 series.
IUPAC Women's Breakfast: Sheffield
Sheffield researchers Dr Marta Martinez Alonso and Samantha Peralta Arriaga were awarded funding from the RSC to support their IUPAC Women’s Breakfast in celebration of the International Year of the Periodic Table.
Chemistry in Sheffield
Education coordinator Joanna Buckley – assisted by some enthusiastic member volunteers – engaged the general public with chemistry at outreach events in Sheffield.
Decreasing our reliance on precious metals
ChemSci Pick of the Week (INFOGRAPHIC) – The first example of an insertion of carbon monoxide into a bismuth–nitrogen bond could pave the way to using heavy p-block metals in place of transition metals in chemical synthesis.
Supporting students with autism
Melissa Sheard received an Outreach Fund grant to support a community special school in Oxford with the provision of dedicated science materials to engage the students with chemistry.
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