Polish-Swiss chemist and Nobel Laureate developed a method for vitamin C synthesis and isolated cortisone
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125th Birthday: Tadeusz Reichstein
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?