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      <description>Professor Japp den Tooder will lecture on the point of care diagnostics</description>
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      <title>Balancing World Energy Needs</title>
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      <title>Why does the sun shine?</title>
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      <title>Vanishing cup trick</title>
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      <title>Screaming jelly baby</title>
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      <title>The Science of White</title>
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      <title>Daniel Radcliffe sings The Elements</title>
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      <title>How photocopiers work</title>
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      <title>Phosphorus sun</title>
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      <title>Oxygen at elementary school!</title>
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      <title>Pharaoh's serpent</title>
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      <description>Setting light to some white powder raises a mysterious serpent</description>
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      <title>Do the Twist with non-Newtonian fluids</title>
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      <title>Money to burn</title>
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      <title>Milk kaleidoscope</title>
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      <title>Meet the Elements</title>
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      <title>Learn to drive with chemistry</title>
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      <title>Making hot ice</title>
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      <title>The Incredible Hulk</title>
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      <description>Like The Hulk, this reaction starts pink then becomes green and angry</description>
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      <title>Hydrophobic carbon nanotubes</title>
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      <title>Amazing fluorescence demo</title>
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      <description>Incredible green fluorescence in a beaker</description>
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      <title>Nitroglycerine</title>
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      <description>Why you shouldn't hit nitroglycerine with a hammer</description>
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      <title>Google instant's Elements song</title>
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      <title>Float my boat</title>
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      <description>Boat floats seemingly in mid-air</description>
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      <title>Elephant toothpaste</title>
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      <title>The Elements Game</title>
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      <title>Dry ice bubble</title>
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      <title>The colour of money</title>
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      <title>Chemistry party</title>
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      <title>The International Year of Chemistry - a message from the RSC </title>
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      <title>Chemistry is not just for boys</title>
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      <description>The last episodes of the video diary from Dr Stephen Ashworth, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of East Anglia</description>
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      <title>Slippery Secrets</title>
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      <title>Provision for practical science in schools is seriously lacking</title>
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      <title>Where the Streets have No Name</title>
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      <title>Neonicotinoid pesticides</title>
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      <title>Baroness Thatcher and science and entrepreneurship</title>
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      <title>Chemistry is everywhere</title>
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      <description>This episode of the video diary from Dr Stephen Ashworth, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of East Anglia, takes us to Sutherland, Knysna, George and Cape Town</description>
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      <title>Happy Birthday Joseph Priestley</title>
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      <description>Watch the new video diary from Dr Stephen Ashworth, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of East Anglia</description>
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      <description>Engage with a panel of experts to learn about the powerful effects that fragrances have on enhancing lives, rehabilitation and triggering reactions and memories</description>
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      <title>The Ice Man Cometh</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2013/m01/Mpemba-legendary-ice-water-London.aspx</link>
      <description>Legendary figure whose name is on the world’s longest-standing science mystery flies into London</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Romantic Chemistry</title>
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      <description>An interesting exhibition about the extraordinary history of unusual elements with objects and manuscripts of archives and artefacts from the collections of the Royal Society</description>
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      <description>The Royal Institution's 2012 Christmas Lectures presented by chemist Peter Wothers have been broadcasted on BBC Four in December and are now available online</description>
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      <title>Mpemba competition shortlist announced</title>
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      <description>11 entries chosen among the 22000 - winners to be announced on 10 January</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Romantic Chemistry</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m12/romantic-chemistry-royal-society-exhibition.aspx</link>
      <description>An interesting exhibition about the extraordinary history of unusual elements with objects and manuscripts of archives and artefacts from the collections of the Royal Society</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lefkowitz and Kobilka awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m12/Lefkowitz-Kobilka-Nobel-Prize-Chemistry-2012.aspx</link>
      <description>They received their Nobel Prize medal and diploma from His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Heather Williams </title>
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      <description>Let’s find out more about the founder and director of ScienceGrrl</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Test Tubes and Trains</title>
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      <description>Colin A. Russell and John Hudson will explain the chemical foundations of the railway industry</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Curiosity update</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m12/curiosity-update-paolo-bellutta.aspx</link>
      <description>Paolo Bellutta, one of the drivers of the Mars Rover, tells us more about the on-going mission</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lesley Yellowlees</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m12/Lesley-Yellowlees-RSC-president.aspx</link>
      <description>Meet the new RSC President, the first woman in 171 years of history</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The forgotten scientist who trained T.E. Lawrence behind enemy lines</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m12/Lawrence-of-arabia-scientist.aspx</link>
      <description>50th anniversary of Lawrence of Arabia next Monday spurs call for recognition</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Audrey Cameron</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m12/Audrey-Cameron-Sign-Language-science-teachers.aspx</link>
      <description>First deaf chemistry PhD in Scotland, who now develops British Sign Language for science teachers</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Crystallography on BBC Radio 4</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m11/Crystallography-BBC-Radio4.aspx</link>
      <description>Melvyn Bragg and guests discussed the history crystallography</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Science: It’s a Real Thing!</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m11/science-grrl-calendar-2013.aspx</link>
      <description>The first of a series of features about ScienceGrrl, a network of (almost entirely) very passionate female scientists committed to passing this love on to the next generation</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Women Champions in Science </title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m11/if-cloe-can.aspx</link>
      <description>The RSC is hosting a play for school students called If Chloe Can…, based on a book by Esther McVey MP</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>From pure science to profit</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m11/From-pure-science-to-profit-john-cadogan.aspx</link>
      <description>Creativity in chemistry allows us to discover things that no one knew were there to be discovered. Scientists need to be aware of business needs but not driven by them, says John Cadogan</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lord Porter honoured at Imperial College</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m11/lord-george-porter-chemical-landmark.aspx</link>
      <description>The RSC has awarded a National Chemical Landamark in the 10th year anniversary of the Nobel Laureate's death</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A unique perfume for a unique Queen </title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m11/a-scent-to-the-throne.aspx</link>
      <description>The Royal Society of Chemistry has commissioned Adamas, an exclusive fragrance to be given to Her Majesty The Queen as a Christmas gift to mark the end of her Diamond Jubilee Year</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Professor Alain Fuchs, President CNRS, visits the RSC</title>
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      <description>He has discuss the "New trends in the French policy for science and technology - CNRS contribution"</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Michael Edenborough</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m11/Michael-Edenborough-intellectual-property-barrister.aspx</link>
      <description>How a trained chemist moves to become an intellectual property barrister</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Insulin dose through the nose – the end of injections for diabetics?</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m11/Insulin-dose-through-nose-diabetics.aspx</link>
      <description>Scientists have developed a once-a-day nasal gel formulation for the delivery of insulin that could put an end to injections for Type 1 diabetes sufferers</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Performance Science in Olympic and Paralympic Sport</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/british-excellence-sports.aspx</link>
      <description>Scott Drawer, Head of R&amp;I at UK Sport, explores British excellence in academia and industry to support sport performance</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Non-animal test could spare 1 million mice</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m11/non-animal-test-spare-one-millione-mice.aspx</link>
      <description>The Royal Society of Chemistry today welcomed the implementation of newly-developed non-animal methods of testing for poisons in shellfish from the seas around Britain which has led to 14,000 mice being spared testing and death in 2012</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Keep calm and do chemistry</title>
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      <description>On 7th November 2012 share chemistry in real time</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Looking for a winner</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m10/mpemba-public-vote-poem.aspx</link>
      <description>Have you voted for your favourite entry to the Mpemba competition?</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Date in your Diet</title>
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      <description>Richard Marshall and Abdollah Ghavami will talk about dates in history, health and the UK Diet. Lunch is included</description>
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      <title>Debate on Synthetic Biology</title>
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      <description>The Royal Society of Chemistry hosted a panel discussion and debate to explore the science and ethics of synthetic biology and what it means for the UK. </description>
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      <title>Design the RSC’s Facebook cover photo for December</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m10/RSC-facebook-cover-photo-design-christmas.aspx</link>
      <description>Embrace the Christmas spirit and send us chemistry-inspired pictures/drawings</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bill Bryson Prize 2012</title>
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      <description>An insight in this year edition of our Science Communication competition</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Lorenzo's oil</title>
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      <description>Film and discussion about two parent’s quest for a cure for their son’s rare inherited disease</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The conception of a contraceptive</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m10/15-october-birth-contraceptive-pill.aspx</link>
      <description>The first contraceptive pill was developed on this day in 1951</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Our Light Materials</title>
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      <description>Professor Howard Colquhoun will highlight some of the latest research in the field of materials chemistry</description>
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      <title>Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012</title>
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      <description>Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka were awarded by Nobel Foundation in Stockholm for their groundbreaking discoveries that reveal the inner workings of G-protein-coupled receptors</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Chemical poetry</title>
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      <description>Some poetry inspired by chemistry on National Poetry Day </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Unveiling the mummy</title>
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      <description>What chemistry can tell us about ancient Egyptians mummies</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The continuing creation of Physical Chemistry</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m09/atkins-future-textbooks-physical-chemistry.aspx</link>
      <description>Peter Atkins on the story of his most famous work and the future of textbooks</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Silent Spring</title>
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      <description>50 years anniversary of Rachel Carson's book that inspired the environmental movement</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>From waste to wealth using Green Chemistry </title>
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      <description>Professor James Clark will talk about waste as an opportunity rather than a problem</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Using Chemistry to Improve Agricultural Productivity</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m09/agricultural-productivity.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr John Clough, Syngenta, will speak at the Chemistry Centre in the Chemistry for Tomorrow's World 2012 Lecture Series</description>
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      <title>Abiraterone - UK Discovery Excellence</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m09/discovery-abiraterone.aspx</link>
      <description>Professor Johann de Bono, Institute of Cancer Research, will speak at the Chemistry Centre in the Chemistry for Tomorrow's World 2012 Lecture Series</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m09/chemistry-botanic-garden-oxford.aspx</link>
      <description>Find out which plants have provided inspiration for chemistry research with the Discovery Trail, the new chemistry focused audio tour at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Harboretum</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/chemistry-botanic-garden-oxford.aspx</link>
      <description>Find out which plants have provided inspiration for chemistry research with the Discovery Trail, the new chemistry focused audio tour at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Harcourt Harboretum</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hunting the Elements</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m09/Hunting-the-elements-PBS.aspx</link>
      <description>Today and tomorrow on PBS America (at 7.50pm on Sky 166 Virgin Media 243) watch "Hunting The Elements", a two part program presented by David Pogue, the New York Times technology correspondent.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Earth to Mars</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m09/mars-live-chat-JPL-bellutta.aspx</link>
      <description>Watch our chat with Paolo Bellutta, one of the Mars rover's drivers</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Energised by Science</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m09/british-science-festival-2012-aberdeen.aspx</link>
      <description>The British Science Festival 2012 takes place in Aberdeen 4-9 September</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Francis W. Aston</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m09/Francis-Aston-mass-spectroscopy.aspx</link>
      <description>September 1st is the anniversary of the birth the British chemist and physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1922</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 09:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>London 2012 – Act II</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m08/paralympics-chemistry.aspx</link>
      <description>The London 2012 Paralympics promise yet more sporting excitement, and even science plays a part</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Too red to be on the loose </title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m08/scarlet-ibis-chemistry.aspx</link>
      <description>Some chemistry insight into the brightly colour of the scarlet ibis escaped from the Edinburgh Zoo</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Celebrating Berzelius</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m08/Berzelius-periodic-videos.aspx</link>
      <description>24 new videos to celebrate the Swedish chemist who discovered silicon, cerium, selenium, and thorium</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Healthier chocolate</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m08/Healthier-chocolate.aspx</link>
      <description>Who would not like to be able to eat chocolate and not think too much about the fat content? 
What if I tell you chemists are trying to make that happen?</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>All the colours of... the shooting stars</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m08/shooting-stars-perseid-colour.aspx</link>
      <description>The chemistry behind the Perseid meteor shower</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>They sent a chemist to Mars!</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m08/mars-rover-curiosity-chemist.aspx</link>
      <description>NASA Car-sized Rover Curiosity landed on Mars ready for two-year investigation</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>News</category>
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      <title>Artificial Jellyfish</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m07/artificial-jellyfish.aspx</link>
      <description>Researchers from Harvard University and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created Medusoid, a pseudo-organism made from rat heart muscle cells and silicone membrane with eight appendages.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>King’s  College London</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/explore/places-of-chemistry/Kings-College-London.aspx</link>
      <description>On the front of the Strand Campus of King's College you can find a National Chemical Landmark blue plaque awarded by the RSC to commemorate the work of scientists towards the discovery of the structure of DNA.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Freezing Hot</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m07/water-freezing-hot-mpemba.aspx</link>
      <description>If you take two bodies of water, identical in all parameters, except in temperature, and put them in a freezer, initially hot water will freeze faster than cold water.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>University College London</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/explore/places-of-chemistry/UCL-chemical-landmark.aspx</link>
      <description>There are 2 RSC National Chemical Landamark at UCL</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Imperial College London</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/explore/places-of-chemistry/imperial-college-london.aspx</link>
      <description>Nobel laureates Sir Derek Barton FRS and Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson FRS both started and developed their scientific careers in this Chemistry Department.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Burlington House</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/explore/places-of-chemistry/Burlington-House.aspx</link>
      <description>Explore the story of one of the best examples of Palladian building in Britain</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category>Other</category>
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      <title>Chemistry: a key to human progress</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/chemistry-human-progress.aspx</link>
      <description>Professor, Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, President of the American Chemical Society, will talk about the biggest challenge for chemistry today </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 08:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Places of Chemistry</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/explore/places-of-chemistry/default.aspx</link>
      <description>Find out more about historical places for chemistry </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>London 2012: science is ready!</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m06/london-2012-olympic-games-drugtest.aspx</link>
      <description>Some insight on the key role science will play in the approaching Olympic and Paralympics games</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bringing Science to the Olympics</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/chemistry-olympics-gsk-drugs.aspx</link>
      <description>A GSK sponsored lecture on the role of chemistry in London 2012</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Five rings to charm us all</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m06/Olimpicine.aspx</link>
      <description>The molecule you are looking at is called olympicene and the mere fact that you can see this image (and many more here) is newsworthy.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 09:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Poisonous socks</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/poisonous_socks.aspx</link>
      <description>Stories from the 19th and 20th centuries about chemistry's central role in contemporary culture</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tea/Coffee? Yes, no, maybe.</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m05/tea-coffee-effect-health.aspx</link>
      <description>To drink or not to drink, this is the question. Over the years tea and coffee have been associated with a lot of heath issues, both positively and negatively.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 12:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Alzheimer's disease: treatments on the horizon</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/alzheimers_disease_treatments_diagnosis_gsk.aspx</link>
      <description>750,000 people in the UK have dementia - how will we diagnose and treat them?</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>From test tube to Turner</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2012/m04/chemistry-in-art.aspx</link>
      <description>The role of the chemistry in art</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>From test tube to Turner - the role of the chemist in art</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/test_tube.aspx</link>
      <description>Professor Andy Abbott looks at the changes in the artist's pallet from natural pigments through the work of the alchemist and the chemist to the current kaleidoscope of vibrant colours.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Soybeans - the world's healthiest food?</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/soybeans.aspx</link>
      <description>Professor Ian Rowland discusses whether the consumption of soy is a recipe for a long and healthy life. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Genetic fingerprinting: past, present and future</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/genetic_fingerprinting.aspx</link>
      <description>Alec Jeffreys will discuss the origins of DNA fingerprinting through to the latest developments and their social impact.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Food for thought</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/cognitive-lunchbox.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr Jeremy Spencer examines the role of flavonoid-rich foods which have been shown to promote a healthy heart and improve our mind and mood.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Global Transport 2050: scenarios and implications</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/global_transport.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr Ayed Al-Qahtani, World Energy Council, discusses the results of a year long study into how we could reduce carbon dioxide emissions.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A medicine cabinet in your garden?</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/alternative-therapies.aspx</link>
      <description>Professor Monique Simmonds, Director of Kew Innovation Unit, talks about the use of plants and fungi as sources of sustainably harvested medicines.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Next few days to next few decades</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2012/weather.aspx</link>
      <description>BBC Weather presenter and Met Office forecaster Peter Gibbs takes a behind the scenes look at weather prediction. </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The quest for a clean drink</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2011/clean_drink.aspx</link>
      <description>Phil Souter discusses the challenges faced in making potential water sources drinkable using chemical technology.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Celebration of the Periodic Table</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2011/vept.aspx</link>
      <description>The RSC would like to welcome you to the launch night of our interactive periodic table. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Science for a safer world</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2011/safer_world.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr Derek Craston, the Government Chemist, reveals how Captain Scott's preparations for his 1901 Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic included a personal request to the Government Chemist to analyse his planned food supplies.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The three lives of Marie Curie</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2011/marie_curie.aspx</link>
      <description>Dr Serge Plattard examines how through the development of radiotherapy methods and instruments Marie Curie led the way in the fight against cancer. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Harnessing the Light Fantastic</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/events/y2011/Harnessing_light_fantastic.aspx</link>
      <description>Professor Nick Terrill explains how using light is pushing forward research in futuristic materials.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Eating Sustainably: dream or reality?</title>
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      <description>E-numbers are often seen as the nemesis of a healthy diet, yet we eat them every day – why? Discuss with Dr David Baines.</description>
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      <description>Join Dr Jane Parker, food scientist, for a sensory overloaded lunch as she explains why there is much more to flavour than what taste-buds tell us.</description>
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      <title>Robert Boyle's A Sceptical Chymist</title>
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      <description>Celebrate the 350th anniversary of the publication of a Sceptical Chymist by Robert Boyle with Professor Duncan Thorburn Burns.</description>
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      <description>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.</description>
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      <description>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.</description>
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      <title>Our Children on Water</title>
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      <description>An art exhibition showing how the world's children feel about water</description>
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      <title>Water Sustainability - a Global Challenge</title>
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      <description>Richard Allan, Chief Scientist at Scottish Water, discusses the challenges we face in securing freshwater supplies at a global level.</description>
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      <description>Is there science on the silver screen? Celebrate Towel Day as journalist and author Michael Hanlon explores the science of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.</description>
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      <description>Life on Earth needs water to survive, but water is a strange liquid with odd properties. Author Philip Ball explores the weird world of water.</description>
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      <title>Juice what the doctor ordered</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2011/m05/fruit_juice_antioxidants_heart_disease_aronia_grape.aspx</link>
      <description>French scientists have devised a fruit cocktail that could ward off heart disease</description>
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      <description>The Reaction's Posterous short summary</description>
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      <title>From the Romans to the Ring Main</title>
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      <description>Navigate the surprising and fascinating twists and turns of the history of London's water supply with Rob Casey from Thames Water.</description>
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      <title>Still burning bright</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2011/m03/robert_bunsen_birthday.aspx</link>
      <description>200 years after his birth, Robert Bunsen’s famous burner is used in laboratories around the world</description>
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      <title>A little light relief</title>
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      <description>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.</description>
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      <description>23 February marks the 170th anniversary of the formation of the Chemical Society</description>
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      <title>Let's do lunch: your 21st century lunchbox</title>
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      <description>Suitable for young and old alike, it's a lunch break with a chemistry twist, hosted by food scientist Tom Coultate. We'll even provide the food!</description>
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      <title>Turn on and Tune in</title>
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      <description>Take a trip through the weird world of drug use and abuse, with writer and scientist John Mann</description>
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      <title>iPad competition - the result</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2011/m01/bill_bryson_ipad_home_chemistry_competition_winners.aspx</link>
      <description>Who sent us the most interesting, creative celebration of chemistry around the home?</description>
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      <title>Sex and the City: the Emerging Role of Human Skin</title>
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      <description>Is the role of skin merely to provide an aesthetically pleasing covering for the body? Modern research says otherwise, says Professor Paul Matts.</description>
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      <title>Better, stronger, faster, sleepier</title>
      <link>http://www.thereaction.net/news/y2011/m01/propofol_history_michael_jackson.aspx</link>
      <description>Co-inventor of the anaesthetic propofol explains why it's the most popular and effective drug of its kind</description>
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      <title>Battling the chill with chemistry</title>
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      <description>From plane deicers to flea proteins, Helen Sharman looks at the chemical world of antifreeze</description>
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      <title>Don't panic!</title>
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      <description>A roundup of the hype and science of NASA's controversial announcement</description>
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      <description>Why do we like music? What makes a tune catchy? Come and discuss with award-winning popular science writer Philip Ball.</description>
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      <title>Black holes and revelations</title>
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      <description>Helen Sharman writes on the alien chemistry of planets and stars</description>
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      <title>Bill Bryson iPad competition shortlist</title>
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      <description>Check out the five top entries for the competition and vote for your favourite</description>
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      <title>Remembering a forgotten hero</title>
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      <description>One chemist saved millions of lives, and paid for his dedication with his life</description>
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      <description>A chemistry set and a young boy's curiosity led to the birth of an industry, writes Alan Dronsfield</description>
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      <description>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? </description>
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      <description>The life and works of Thomas Midgley, Jr, creator of leaded petrol and CFCs</description>
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      <description>A roundup of the evidence for and against the purported arachnid repellent</description>
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      <description>Helen Sharman on the science of living in space</description>
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