120th Birthday of Sir Chistopher Ingold, one of the chief pioneers of physical-organic chemistry

Ryoji Noyori, Nobel Prize laureate 2001, celebrates his 75th birthday

A biochemist who overcame religious and sexual discrimination

The Clemmensen reduction of ketones and aldehydes is the simplest direct method for converting the carbonyl group into a methylene group

Louis de Broglie is best known for his theory of the wave-particle duality of matter

Agnes Pockels was a pioneer in the field of surface tension and the measurement of surface films

This year marks the 350th anniversary of the publication of Boyle’s law which describes how the pressure and volume of a gas are related

Peter Davern wrote a five-line poem for each element, with an explanation after each line of what is unique or exciting about that element—Why did he do so?

A growing collection of articles on the Periodic Table

The Marie Curie pavillon has been saved from demolition, but are the new plans a final decision? Many hope not