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Thomas Graham House in Cambridge will close at 2:00 PM on Wednesday 24th December for Christmas and New Year.

We’ll reopen on Monday 5th January. Our team will be back a little earlier, returning to work on Friday 2nd January.

Wishing you a wonderful festive season!
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Looking for something inspiring to kick off your 2026? 🎉 #RSCPoster registration is OPEN!

Join one of the largest online poster events, uniting researchers from every career stage & every corner of the scientific community.

We can’t wait to see what you’ll share ➡️ https://rsc.li/3XGGvzS

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Promotional image for a 24-hour online conference on LinkedIn hosted by American Elements and Royal Society of Chemistry, scheduled from March 3, 2026, at 12:00 GMT to March 4, 2026, at 12:00 GMT. Features an orange and black background with abstract geometric designs and the text 'Save the date.'
December 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Need someone to talk to? While the CCF office will be closed over Christmas, our wellbeing & listening service remains open 24/7, you can reach out in confidence.

Call 0800 084 3451 (UK Freephone) or +44 1223 853549 (Intl), or use our live chat: https://rsc.li/48BViCe #ChemFund #RSCCommFund
December 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Season’s Greetings from the Royal Society of Chemistry!

From all of us at the Royal Society of Chemistry, have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. 🎄✨

#MerryChristmas #SeasonGreetings #HappyNewYear
December 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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In episode one of our new podcast series, our CEO Dr Helen Pain speaks with academic leaders from India’s top institutions, sharing perspectives from tackling institutional challenges to empowering the next generation of chemists.
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Episode 1: breaking barriers in chemical sciences education
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December 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Thomas Graham House in Cambridge will close at 2:00 PM on Wednesday 24th December for Christmas and New Year.

We’ll reopen on Monday 5th January. Our team will be back a little earlier, returning to work on Friday 2nd January.

Wishing you a wonderful festive season!
Elegant holiday banner featuring teal and silver Christmas ornaments with the message 'Merry Christmas & Happy New Year' in stylish white font on a dark background.
December 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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🌐 The future of batteries is global.

New research unpacks who leads future EV battery innovation and why it matters for competitiveness, policy, and climate goals. Insightful patent analysis + strategy focus.

🔗 https://rsc.li/44wft1Z

#PoweringPossibilities #ChemSky #openaccess
Infographic by the Royal Society of Chemistry about geostrategic leadership in future electric vehicle battery technologies. The graphic presents patent and policy perspectives, showing the percentage of patents held by China, Europe, South Korea, and the United States on a world map. It also compares high-energy lithium-based battery technologies versus low-cost non-lithium-based ones.
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Seeing water flow in a CO₂ electrolysis cell - in real time. New operando visible-light & X-ray imaging reveals where water builds up & leaks inside a zero-gap CO₂ reduction cell. Critical insights for next-generation carbon-to-chemicals tech 🔗 https://rsc.li/48Q2nxG #PoweringPossibilities #ChemSky
Infographic by the Royal Society of Chemistry depicting various scientific processes and measurements, including X-ray images, saturation mapping, water transport, and gas exchanges involving CO2, O2, and H2O.
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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🎁 It’s Day 22 of ChemSci Advent! Celebrate our 15th anniversary year with us and unwrap “Rational Design of the Linkers in Targeting Chimeras” by Jinyi Xu and Quanyin Hu et al.!

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December 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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🎁 It’s Day 21 of ChemSci Advent! Celebrate our 15th anniversary year with us and unwrap “Data-Driven Recommendation of Agents, Temperature, and Equivalence Ratios for Organic Synthesis” by Connor Coley et al. from MIT!

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December 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Check out the work highlighted on the covers of 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲’s 46th issue 💚

❇️𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐁𝐃 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐓𝐢𝐎𝟐 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦
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December 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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🎁 It’s Day 20 of ChemSci Advent! Celebrate our 15th anniversary year with us and unwrap “Sulfenate Anion Catalyzed Enantio- and Diastereoselective Aziridination” by Javier Adrio and Patrick Walsh et al.!

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December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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A smart blend of organic charge transfer materials helps perovskite solar cells get closer to their theoretical efficiency limits — a promising step for next-gen tandems ➡️ https://rsc.li/4pCOZUP
#openaccess #ChemSky #SolarEnergy #Perovskites #Innovation #PoweringPossibilities
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Diagram illustrating the development of solar cells with improved material properties, optimized ETL interlayer and device improvements, including different compound structures and performance metrics. Features Royal Society of Chemistry logo.
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Chemistry education needs a digital upgrade. UK curricula lag behind modern science. We’re calling for #digitalskills in lessons plus stronger infrastructure and teacher support. Read more in TES: https://rsc.li/3YDox1u
Chemistry curriculum fails to reflect digital reality, RSC warns
Students are completing time-consuming tasks by hand, whereas professional scientists use advanced tools such as AI and machine learning, says Royal Society of Chemistry
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December 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Season’s Greetings from the Royal Society of Chemistry!

From all of us at the Royal Society of Chemistry, have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. 🎄✨

#MerryChristmas #SeasonGreetings #HappyNewYear
December 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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🎁 It’s Day 19 of ChemSci Advent! Celebrate our 15th anniversary year with us and unwrap “Aminocatalytic enantioselective [2 + 2] cycloaddition of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes” by Karl Anker Jørgensen et al.!

Read it for free here: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5S...
December 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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The collection also features the Profile article 'Adventures in interdisciplinary science: a half century at the nexus between chemistry, physics and biology', Judith's own account of her remarkable career in science.

Read the article here: doi.org/10.1039/D4CP...

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Adventures in interdisciplinary science: a half century at the nexus between chemistry, physics and biology
A look back over five decades of research.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Chemistry curricula in UK schools do not reflect the realities of working in science, @rsc.org researchers warn
Chemistry curriculum fails to reflect digital reality, RSC warns
Students are completing time-consuming tasks by hand, whereas professional scientists use advanced tools such as AI and machine learning, says Royal Society of Chemistry
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December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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A big thank you to everyone who joined Air Quality in the 21st Century this week 🌍

Great discussions, brilliant speakers, and a strong mix of research, policy & practice. Thanks to all who contributed and to @rsc.org for hosting.

#AirQuality #CleanAir #EnvironmentalHealth
December 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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🎁 It’s Day 18 of ChemSci Advent! Celebrate our 15th anniversary year with us and unwrap “Synergistic C-H Bond Activation Across Molybdenum-Iridium Multiply Bonded Complexes: a Cascade of Transformations” by Clément Camp et al.!

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December 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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🎁 It’s Day 17 of ChemSci Advent! Celebrate our 15th anniversary year with us and unwrap “Effect of size, charge, and spin state on Hückel and Baird aromaticity in [N]annulenes” by Miquel Solà et al. from Universitat de Girona!

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December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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🎁 It’s Day 16 of ChemSci Advent! Celebrate our 15th anniversary year with us and unwrap “Recent Advances in MOF Composites for Photocatalysis” by Dandan Li and Hai-Long Jiang et al.!

Read it for free here: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5S...
December 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Meet the RSC membership team at GlobalChemShow 2025, Mumbai, on 18–19 December 2025.

Join us for insights from Dr Rajdip Roy MRSC, and learn how RSC membership is creating real impact for professionals in the pharmaceutical industry. We look forward to meeting you!

#RSCIndia #ChemSky
Meet the RSC membership team at GlobalChemShow 2025, Mumbai, on 18–19 December 2025.
December 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Share your sustainable research in electrofuels & electrochemicals!

Our @faradaydiscussions.rsc.org #FD_Sustainability is the perfect place for you to network while addressing the challenges that remain in the field. Submit an oral abstract: https://rsc.li/48AxS04

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Sustainable chemistry of electrofuels and electrochemicals - submit your oral abstract by 12 January 2026
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Nitrate ions → ammonia, smarter design.
A crystalline Si photocathode with patterned Au delivers record photoelectrochemical NH₃ production and a fresh approach to green ammonia synthesis ➡️ https://rsc.li/44uYz3P
#ChemSky #CleanEnergy #Catalysis #Ammonia #PoweringPossibilities
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Three scientific diagrams depicting the interaction of nitrogen dioxide with different surfaces, including titanium dioxide, gold, and silicon, under a common branding of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Each panel illustrates molecular interactions and effects of light dispersion.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Know an outstanding researcher? Remember to tell us about them!

Research & Innovation Prizes can spotlight discoveries and boost careers across the chemical sciences. Nominations are open until 14 January: https://rsc.li/4nChnov

#RSCPrizes #ChemSky
Whose chemistry is innovative? Don't miss your chance to nominate someone for an R&I RSC Prize.
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM