Places around the world that we think are exciting for chemists to visit

Documentary film describes a little-known three-week stay in Italy to find new sources of radium

Strychnine and brandy instead of water, women in the marathon, from about 40 km to exactly 42.195 km, hyponatremia, cannabinoid receptors

Hefeweizen, or Weissbier, is a specific style of German wheat beer known for its yeasty flavor and is served in special glasses - why?

African-American chemist worked on the development of an effective pertussis vaccine

Irish-born Scottish physicist, mathematician, engineer, and inventor made seminal contributions to thermodynamics, among many other fields

From cure-all to most notorious drug of the 20th century

The chemist and entrepreneur began as a pharmacist at his "Grüne Apotheke," improved chemicals for photography, founded Schering AG, and co-founded the German Chemical Society

First woman to be awarded a doctorate in chemistry – but who knows her name?

Beautiful natural phenomenon caused by the interaction between charged particles from the Sun and the Earth's atmosphere