African-American chemist worked on the development of an effective pertussis vaccine
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Lord Kelvin, the Coldest Possible Temperature, and the Age of the Earth
Irish-born Scottish physicist, mathematician, engineer, and inventor made seminal contributions to thermodynamics, among many other fields
Charles Friedel and the Accidental Discovery of an Important Reaction
French chemist co-discovered the Friedel–Crafts reactions with James Mason Crafts
Gustav Kirchhoff – Colored Flames, Prisms, and Element Discovery
German physicist co-founded spectral analysis and co-discovered caesium and rubidium together with Robert Bunsen
Helen Murray Free and a Breakthrough in At-Home Diabetes Testing
American chemist developed diagnostic test strips with her research partner and husband, Alfred Free, revolutionizing self-testing for diabetes and other diseases
Gertrude B. Elion and the “Antiviral Odyssey”
American Nobel Laureate, biochemist, and pharmacologist co-developed groundbreaking drugs for leukemia, herpes, and organ transplant rejection
Rachel Fuller Brown and the Fight against Fungal Infections
American chemist co-developed the antifungal medication nystatin
Rethinking Chemistry – Talking with Presidents of Chemical Societies
Compilation of statements by Presidents of chemical societies (ACS, GÖCH, RACI, RSC, SCI) on the GDCh's motto "Rethinking Chemistry"
Chika Kuroda – The Pioneering Female Chemist in Japan
The first female chemist to graduate from university in Japan worked in organic chemistry, specifically on plant dyes
Kenichi Fukui and the Importance of Frontier Orbitals
First Chemistry Nobel Laureate from Asia performed groundbreaking theoretical work on chemical reactivity