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6️⃣Who Was the First to Synthesize This Molecule?
Check out the answer to today's entry in the Chemistry Advent Calendar: Guess the Houses and Molecules—discover who synthesized iconic molecules 🧪
5️⃣Which Chemistry Couple Lived in This House in Berlin-Dahlem?
Chemistry Advent Calendar: Guess the Houses and Molecules—Discover where famous chemists lived 🏠 and who synthesized iconic molecules 🧪
4️⃣Who Was the First to Synthesize This Molecule?
Check out the answer to today's entry in the Chemistry Advent Calendar: Guess the Houses and Molecules—discover who synthesized iconic molecules 🧪
3️⃣Which Early Chemistry Pioneer Lived in this House in Gießen, Germany?
Check out the answer to today's entry in the Chemistry Advent Calendar: Guess the Houses and Molecules—discover where famous chemists lived 🏠
2️⃣Who Was the First to Synthesize This Molecule?
Check out the answer to today's entry in the Chemistry Advent Calendar: Guess the Houses and Molecules—discover who synthesized iconic molecules 🧪
ChemEscape: Solve Tricky Puzzles Through Experiments
The German Young Chemists Network (JCF)'s free chemistry escape game encourages high school students to explore chemistry through hands-on problem solving
1️⃣Which Nobel Laureate Was Born in This House?
Check out the answer to today's entry in the Chemistry Advent Calendar: Guess the Houses and Molecules—discover where famous chemists lived 🏠
Thomas Martin Lowry and Acid–Base Theory
English chemist discovered the proton theory of acids and bases independently of Johannes Brønsted
Stamp for the 150th Birthday of Carl Bosch
A German stamp celebrates the 150. birthday of one of the most influential industrialists of the 20th century
Friedrich Konrad Beilstein’s Contributions to Organic Chemistry
Russian-German chemist renowned for his creation of the Beilstein Handbook, the Beilstein test, and the rules for the chlorination of alkylbenzenes
16 Must-See Places Around the World for Chemists
Places around the world that we think are exciting for chemists to visit
Marie Curie’s 1918 Research Tour of Italy
Documentary film describes a little-known three-week stay in Italy to find new sources of radium
Tales of Olympic Marathons
Strychnine and brandy instead of water, women in the marathon, from about 40 km to exactly 42.195 km, hyponatremia, cannabinoid receptors
Exploring the Design of the Wheat Beer Glass
Hefeweizen, or Weissbier, is a specific style of German wheat beer known for its yeasty flavor and is served in special glasses - why?
Loney Clinton Gordon and the Pertussis Vaccine
African-American chemist worked on the development of an effective pertussis vaccine
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
The Misjudgment of Heroin
From cure-all to most notorious drug of the 20th century
Ernst Schering – A Pioneer in Research and the Chemical Industry
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
Lydia Sesemann: 150 Years of Women’s Doctorates in Chemistry
First woman to be awarded a doctorate in chemistry – but who knows her name?