Banska Stiavnica, Banská Štavnica, Schemnitz, or Selmecbánya, a town with a lively political history and groundbreaking for science

Roots of our Practice of Science

10th Anniversary: Archer Martin's Death
Celebrating the life of A. Martin, pioneer of partition chromatography and answer to Guess the Chemist (7), on the anniversary of his death

Guess the Chemist (7)
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ACHEMA: Past and Present
ACHEMA is a trend-setting technology summit for process engineering and biotechnology which attracts around 180,000 participants

100th Anniversary of the Discovery of X-ray Diffraction
X-ray diffraction proved that X-rays are waves and the space lattice theory of crystals. Its discoverer is the answer to Guess the Chemist (6)

Guess the Chemist (6)
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100th Birthday of Herbert C. Brown
Herbert C. Brown won the Nobel Prize for his work on organoboranes and hydroboration; also the answer to Guess the Chemist (5)

Guess the Chemist (5)
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150th Anniversary of First Pasteurization Test
Louis Pasteur, invented pasteurization and proved the germ theory of disease. He is also the answer to Guess the Chemist (4)

Guess the Chemist (4)
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