200th Anniversary: Death of Claude Louis Berthollet
French chemist well-known for work on modern nomenclature in chemistry, equilibria, dyes, and bleaches
Percy Lavon Julian: Against All Odds
An African American organic chemist who overcame every barrier to become a pioneer in his field, remarkable in a scientific context and on a human level
150th Birthday: Mary Engle Pennington
American bacteriological chemist was a pioneer in food safety and refrigeration
Asima Chatterjee – Pioneer of Her Time
One of India's most famous female chemists
100th Anniversary: Death of Philippe Barbier
French organic chemist known as a pioneer of organometallic chemistry
Capturing Water from the Atmosphere
Can we harvest drinking water directly from the air around us? – Examples from nature and research
125th Birthday: Tadeusz Reichstein
Polish-Swiss chemist and Nobel Laureate developed a method for vitamin C synthesis and isolated cortisone
125th Birthday: Georg Wittig
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry well-known for the Wittig reaction
August Beer (1825 – 1863)
German researcher well-known for his contributions to the Beer–Lambert–Bouguer law
Can Brine from Seawater Desalination Plants Be a Source of Critical Metals?
Seawater brines are an enormous potential source of minerals and metals - first discoveries
Know Thy Carbs! Safer Carbohydrate Detection Methods for School Labs – Part 2
Improved detection reactions for carbohydrates
150th Birthday: Georges Urbain
French chemist discovered the element lutetium
Know Thy Carbs! Safer Carbohydrate Detection Methods for School Labs – Part 1
Historical carbohydrate detection reactions and a new method for wet lab lactose detection
75th Anniversary: Death of Victor Goldschmidt
Mineralogist considered one of the founders of modern geochemistry
The Limits of Growth
50 to 60 years ago, the global environmental movement began with Silent Spring, the Club of Rome, the first Earth Day
What Does a Neutrino Weigh?
Any idea?
February 7–8, 1922: An Important Night for Physicists And Chemists
What happened during this night in 1922?
150th Birthday: Lafayette B. Mendel
American biochemist known for the co-discovery of vitamin A
With Science against Food Waste
Student lab informs about chemical changes in food and increases awareness of food waste