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How photocopiers work

8th May 2012

The science behind a photocopier

  • Google instant's Elements song

    8th May 2012

    Google Instant plus Tom Lehrer creates fun musical chemistry mayhem

  • Next few days to next few decades

    11th January 2012

    BBC Weather presenter and Met Office forecaster Peter Gibbs takes a behind the scenes look at weather prediction.

  • The quest for a clean drink

    7th December 2011

    Phil Souter discusses the challenges faced in making potential water sources drinkable using chemical technology.

  • Harnessing the Light Fantastic

    10th November 2011

    Professor Nick Terrill explains how using light is pushing forward research in futuristic materials.

  • What's in my stuff?

    13th October 2011

    Dr Hywel Jones presents a science and art based approach to raising awareness of the use of the elements in consumer technology.

  • Recharging the Planet

    8th September 2011

    Professor Clare Grey will talk about some of the latest developments in energy storage and how it will influence future sustainable transport.

  • The Nuclear Debate

    7th July 2011

    Watch a panel of experts battle it out in a topical debate on whether we can meet emissions reductions without the use of nuclear power.

  • Functional Foods: Sound Science or Marketing Hype?

    21st June 2011

    Do functional foods, like probiotics, prebiotics and superfoods, actually work? Or is it all marketing hype? Bob Rastall analyses a shopping basket in our latest Café RSC discussion.

  • Water Sustainability - a Global Challenge

    2nd June 2011

    Richard Allan, Chief Scientist at Scottish Water, discusses the challenges we face in securing freshwater supplies at a global level.

  • From the Romans to the Ring Main

    7th April 2011

    Navigate the surprising and fascinating twists and turns of the history of London's water supply with Rob Casey from Thames Water.

  • A little light relief

    10th March 2011

    David Phillips, President of the Royal Society of Chemistry, demonstrates the truths and the fallacies behind the ancient belief in the healing powers of light.

  • Sex and the City: the Emerging Role of Human Skin

    6th January 2011

    Is the role of skin merely to provide an aesthetically pleasing covering for the body? Modern research says otherwise, says Professor Paul Matts.

  • Materials Chemistry at the Origin of Life

    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?

  • 2050: Sustainable Britain?

    4th November 2010

    John Emsley explains how together we could create a healthy, wealthy and sustainable Britain and set an example to the world.

  • The unluckiest inventor

    2nd November 2010

    The life and works of Thomas Midgley, Jr, creator of leaded petrol and CFCs

  • The hidden hero of Trafalgar

    21st October 2010

    Today we remember Nelson, Victory, and the secret element of success: copper

  • Chemistry keeps cosmonauts comfortable

    12th October 2010

    Helen Sharman on the science of living in space

  • Safety in numbers

    27th August 2010

    For all their bad press, chemicals with E numbers are mostly harmless

  • Bill Bryson iPad competition

    3rd August 2010

    Find some amazing chemistry in your house, tell us about it in a creative way, and win an iPad

  • Raw Materials and Feedstocks

    7th May 2010

    How will we preserve the Earth's precious resources?

  • Genetic modification: solution or problem?

    2nd December 2009

    Are global food targets sustainable without help from GM technology?