If you want to see mauveine, the first commercial synthetic chemical dye, look for Victorian lilac postage stamps
Mauveine – A Chemical Icon
Guess the Chemist (26)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?
Vitamin C Deficiency – Part 2
When scurvy was identified as a form of malnutrition, an exciting race for the isolation, structure determination, and synthesis of vitamin C started
Periodicity of Melting Points
The phenomenon of periodicity is particularly clear in the melting points of the elements
Behind the Scenes of the Wonderlab Cartoon
Interview with Sophie Lin, a chemist in Taiwan, who started drawing the Wonderlab Cartoon Series for ChemistryViews.org in 2010
Chemical Poems: Fluorine
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table
Making Fingerprints Light Up
Latent fingerprints can be imaged by using upconversion nanoparticles conjugated to a lysozome-binding aptamer
Launch of the International Year of Crystallography
IUCr and UNESCO launched the International Year of Crystallography (IYCr) in Paris
X-Ray Spectrometry in Forensics
Range of potential and new applications of X-ray spectrometry used for police investigations
Oh the Shark Has Pretty Teeth Dear …
Atomic resolution imaging of fluorine in shark tooth enamel