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Dr Geoffrey William Alexander Newton CChem F·¬ºÅ¿âapp
9 November 1928 – 4 October 2005
31 October 2005
Dr Robert Stanley McElhinney BSc CChem F·¬ºÅ¿âapp
24 September 1933 – 10 October 2005
31 October 2005
Submariners can breathe easily
Calling all Beatles fans! You could spend a week on a yellow submarine breathing the same air without suffering any ill effects.
26 October 2005
Celebrities Elements
During Chemistry Week 2005 the ·¬ºÅ¿âapp invited people to nominate celebrities whose personalities were similar to elements in the Periodic Table.
23 October 2005
Tribute to the courage of Trafalgar women
The courage of three women, possibly prostitutes, who nursed casualties on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, experiencing naval warfare at its m
17 October 2005
Sherlock Holmes honorary fellowship
The ·¬ºÅ¿âapp is to bestow an Extraordinary Honorary Fellowship upon Sherlock Holmes, the first detective to exploit chemical science
16 October 2005
Mystery of woman on Scottish £20 note solved
Thanks to journalists pursuing a story The ·¬ºÅ¿âapp has discovered the identity of a woman chemical scientist whose image is feature
14 October 2005
Brain Chips
Scientists have designed a chip that can analyse changes in the brain.
01 September 2005
Einstein was as much chemist as physicist
Albert Einstein, whose greatest achievement is being commemorated internationally all this year, was a chemist at heart, a leading science writer clai
30 August 2005
Arthritis drug found in mushrooms
Arthritis could soon be relieved by chemicals found in mushrooms, according to German and Vietnamese scientists.
17 July 2005