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

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Jim O’Donnell Award report

Ollé Prize

New Fellow

The first chemists: An Australian chronicle. Part 3
From the First Fleet forward, David Collins embarks on a chronicle of Australian chemists.
references ( 31kb DOC)

The chemical basis for life: The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Part 2 The story of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is an epic in time and proportion. The second instalment focuses on the final leg of the race for the ribosome and the contributions of Tom Steitz, Venki Ramakrishnan and others.

Putting a price on carbon: Australia’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
Australia’s developing cap and trade system for greenhouse gas emissions is treading a difficult path amidst the needs of both economic and natural environments.
(127kb PDF)

Editorial

Your say

Books

Networks

Climate change

Net yields

Education

Science <-> society

Postdoc diary
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Letter from Melbourne

Cryptic crossword (solution)

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