Chemistry in Australia, magazine of The Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

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Our chemical cultural heritage: The University of Melbourne Chemistry Collection
A University of Melbourne academic and objects conservator took up a fascinating opportunity when she assessed her alma mater’s chemistry collection.
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Interview: Charles Fogliani
From a modest 8850 entries in 1982, the Australian National Chemistry Quiz (ANCQ) has grown to more than 120 000 entries from 1450 schools from 15 countries in 2009. ANCQ director Charles Fogliani speaks with Helmut Hügel.

The first chemists: An Australian chronicle. Part 2
From the First Fleet forward, David Collins embarks on a chronicle of Australian chemists.
references (97kb PDF)

YouTube in its element
Chemistry and engineering are not obvious subjects for YouTube. But the Periodic Table of Videos (PTOV) has taken the Internet by storm, attracting millions of hits, and in 2008 winning IChemE’s Petronas Award for Excellence in Education.

Editorial

Your say

Books

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Net yields

Climate change

Science <-> society

Postdoc diary

Letter from Melbourne
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