French chemist well-known for work on modern nomenclature in chemistry, equilibria, dyes, and bleaches
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200th Anniversary: Death of Claude Louis Berthollet

Percy Lavon Julian: Against All Odds
An African American organic chemist who overcame every barrier to become a pioneer in his field, remarkable in a scientific context and on a human level

150th Birthday: Mary Engle Pennington
American bacteriological chemist was a pioneer in food safety and refrigeration

Asima Chatterjee – Pioneer of Her Time
One of India's most famous female chemists

100th Anniversary: Death of Philippe Barbier
French organic chemist known as a pioneer of organometallic chemistry

Capturing Water from the Atmosphere
Can we harvest drinking water directly from the air around us? – Examples from nature and research

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

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