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
Percy Lavon Julian: Against All Odds
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