American chemist co-developed the antifungal medication nystatin
Highlighting notable research, institutions, individuals, personal experiences, ethical questions, and issues such as diversity and inclusion.
Rachel Fuller Brown and the Fight against Fungal Infections
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
Happy Birthday Darmstadtium!
The element darmstadtium (Ds) was first created on November 9, 1994, at the Institute for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany
Historical Dye Collection of the TU Dresden
TU Dresden's König Building, home of the historical dye collection, is designated a "Historical Site of Chemistry“ by the GDCh
Kenichi Fukui and the Importance of Frontier Orbitals
Chemistry Nobel Laureate performed groundbreaking theoretical work on chemical reactivity
Removing CO2 from the Atmosphere
The European biochar production landscape is growing, e.g., the Finnish-American start-up Carbo Culture will build a large carbon removal plant in Europe
350th Birthday: Johann Konrad Dippel
German alchemist co-developed a process for the production of Prussian blue
100th Anniversary: Death of Ernst Otto Beckmann
German pharmacist and chemist well-known for the discovery of the Beckmann rearrangement and the development of the Beckmann differential thermometer
Severo Ochoa and the Synthesis of RNA
Spanish biochemist won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 for work on polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase)
Raw Material Change in the Chemical Industry
Shifting from coal, gas, and oil to the use of renewable materials and atmospheric CO2