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Drinking green tea helps prevent kidney stones
— 13 Nov 2009 13:17 | HealthDrinking green tea can help prevent the formation of large kidney stones, report Chinese scientists in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal CrystEngComm…
BBC's cooling tower smokescreen blown away by Trust ruling
— 20 Oct 2009 12:31 | ChemistryA complaint lodged by a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry last year has led to Panorama having its knuckles rapped by the BBC Trust for inaccurately portraying cooling towers…
Plastic waste: Better to burn?
— 25 Aug 2009 11:44 | ChemistryBurning plastic can give off less carbon dioxide than burying it, scientists claim in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal…
A diamond in the rough: Carbon lucky dip contains diamond ring among coal booby prizes
— 22 Jul 2009 11:11 | ChemistryTomorrow one lucky member of the public will pull a diamond ring from a lucky dip, celebrating the glamour and importance of carbon in our lives…
Glittering and glinting, the world's biggest diamond structure heads to the West End
— 20 Jul 2009 16:22 | ChemistryThe largest representation ever created of the atomic structure of diamond will be brought to the West End on Tuesday for public exhibition…
Team of young British chemists to compete at world 'Olympics'
— 20 Jul 2009 16:19 | ChemistryThanks to the contribution of major UK chemicals company INEOS a team of four talented young British pupils will attempt to take gold in a worldwide chemistry skills competition being…
Catalyst releases hydrogen from the ultimate renewable source: Urine
— 3 Jul 2009 10:37 | ChemistryYou do two things at motorway services: fill up one tank and empty another. US chemists have combined refuelling your car and relieving yourself by creating a new catalyst that can…
Turning wood into bone: Peg-leg science with a pirate hook
— 16 Jun 2009 09:09 | ChemistryPirates can now trade in their peg-legs for real legs as scientists transform wood into bone. In a Royal Society of Chemistry journal Italian chemists show that ordinary wood can be…
Cadbury beats Hershey in London public tasting and poll
— 29 Apr 2009 12:17 | ChemistryA public tasting of Cadbury's and Hershey's chocolate bars by Londoners and tourists in central London resulted in victory for the British chocolate…
Double-action power stations: Energy and hydrogen
— 23 Apr 2009 11:04 | ChemistryGas power plants could be cheaply retrofitted to generate hydrogen as well as power, chemists say in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal…