Events
The RSC holds a variety of events at The Chemistry Centre, on a wide range of topics related to the chemical sciences. Click on the titles of each event to find out more.
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10th December 2010
Is there science in sci-fi? Journalist and author Michael Hanlon explores the science of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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6th December 2010
Why do we like music? What makes a tune catchy? Come and discuss with award-winning popular science writer Philip Ball.
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2nd December 2010
Professor Clare Mills uses some festive examples to shed light on the difficult world of food allergies.
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8th November 2010
Professor Tony Ryan explains how we can use nanotechnology to shed light some of the most fundamental questions: how did life begin on Earth, and how might it have begun in other environments?
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4th November 2010
John Emsley explains how together we could create a healthy, wealthy and sustainable Britain and set an example to the world.
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7th October 2010
Richard Pike, CEO of the Royal Society of Chemistry, delves into the history of the RSC as part of a lecture series by all Burlington House Societies to celebrate the Story of London Festival.
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2nd September 2010
We've all seen it on TV, but what role does forensics really play in a criminal investigation? Peter White, consultant and Professor of Forensic Science, reveals all.
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5th August 2010
Once upon a time some bright spark made a drink that was tasty, alcoholic and safer than water. What was this miracle drink? Beer!
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15th July 2010
For all those who suffer when they cut an onion, help is at hand.
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11th June 2010
Using chemistry to restore art to its former glory
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13th May 2010
Which came first: life, or the Earth's peculiar atmosphere? Richard Wayne investigates...
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30th April 2010
Not a public event, but a special one worth remembering
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31st March 2010
Writer and scientist Stephen T Beckett explains the science of chocolate
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4th February 2010
Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's need to be tackled now, says Professor Chris Dobson
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21st January 2010
Discovering how perfume is created using a special relationship between mother nature and mankind's creativity