https://www.chemistryviews.org/subject/history/ The Magazine of Chemistry Europe Sat, 09 Dec 2023 13:23:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://www.chemistryviews.org/rachel-fuller-brown-and-the-fight-against-fungal-infections/ https://www.chemistryviews.org/rachel-fuller-brown-and-the-fight-against-fungal-infections/#respond Sun, 10 Dec 2023 01:00:31 +0000 2023-12-10T01:00:31 https://www.chemistryviews.org/?p=75709 American chemist co-developed the antifungal medication nystatin

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]]> https://www.chemistryviews.org/guess-the-chemist-144/feed/ 0 https://www.chemistryviews.org/chika-kuroda-the-pioneering-female-chemist-in-japan/ https://www.chemistryviews.org/chika-kuroda-the-pioneering-female-chemist-in-japan/#respond Thu, 16 Nov 2023 01:00:13 +0000 2023-11-16T01:00:13 https://www.chemistryviews.org/?p=74434 The first female chemist to graduate from university in Japan worked in organic chemistry, specifically on plant dyes

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]]> https://www.chemistryviews.org/chemistry-takes-on-paper-conservation-part-2/feed/ 0 https://www.chemistryviews.org/unusual-lead-based-minerals-in-artworks-by-leonardo-da-vinci/ https://www.chemistryviews.org/unusual-lead-based-minerals-in-artworks-by-leonardo-da-vinci/#respond Thu, 19 Oct 2023 00:30:36 +0000 2023-10-19T00:30:36 https://www.chemistryviews.org/?p=73661 Leonardo da Vinci’s famous paintings contain exceptional pigments that may have accelerated drying

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]]> https://www.chemistryviews.org/unusual-lead-based-minerals-in-artworks-by-leonardo-da-vinci/feed/ 0 https://www.chemistryviews.org/historical-dye-collection-of-the-tu-dresden/ https://www.chemistryviews.org/historical-dye-collection-of-the-tu-dresden/#respond ]]> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 06:00:13 +0000 2023-10-12T06:00:13 https://www.chemistryviews.org/?p=72847 TU Dresden’s König Building, home of the historical dye collection, is designated a “Historical Site of Chemistry“ by the GDCh

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]]> https://www.chemistryviews.org/historical-dye-collection-of-the-tu-dresden/feed/ 0 https://www.chemistryviews.org/kenichi-fukui-and-the-importance-of-frontier-orbitals/ https://www.chemistryviews.org/kenichi-fukui-and-the-importance-of-frontier-orbitals/#respond Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:00:40 +0000 2023-10-04T00:00:40 https://www.chemistryviews.org/?p=73167 Chemistry Nobel Laureate performed groundbreaking theoretical work on chemical reactivity

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]]> https://www.chemistryviews.org/guess-the-chemist-142/feed/ 0 https://www.chemistryviews.org/rethinking-chemistry-wifo-2023/ https://www.chemistryviews.org/rethinking-chemistry-wifo-2023/#respond ]]> Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:51:22 +0000 2023-09-12T23:51:22 https://www.chemistryviews.org/?p=72038 We need to broaden our perspective, look at chemistry from a new angle, and strengthen the interactions between the different disciplines

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]]> https://www.chemistryviews.org/guess-the-chemist-141/feed/ 0 https://www.chemistryviews.org/350th-birthday-johann-konrad-dippel/ https://www.chemistryviews.org/350th-birthday-johann-konrad-dippel/#respond Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 2023-08-10T00:00:00 https://www.chemistryviews.org/?p=70832 German alchemist co-developed a process for the production of Prussian blue

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]]> https://www.chemistryviews.org/350th-birthday-johann-konrad-dippel/feed/ 0 https://www.chemistryviews.org/a-short-history-of-plexiglas/ https://www.chemistryviews.org/a-short-history-of-plexiglas/#respond ]]> Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:12:09 +0000 2023-08-09T14:12:09 https://www.chemistryviews.org/?p=70800 The chemist Dr. Otto Röhm officially registered the brand PLEXIGLAS^® in the trademark register on August 9, 1933

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]]> https://www.chemistryviews.org/guess-the-chemist-140/feed/ 0 https://www.chemistryviews.org/100th-anniversary-death-of-ernst-otto-beckmann/ https://www.chemistryviews.org/100th-anniversary-death-of-ernst-otto-beckmann/#respond Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:09 +0000 2023-07-12T00:00:09 https://www.chemistryviews.org/?p=69867 German pharmacist and chemist well-known for the discovery of the Beckmann rearrangement and the development of the Beckmann differential thermometer

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]]> https://www.chemistryviews.org/guess-the-chemist-139/feed/ 0 https://www.chemistryviews.org/severo-ochoa-and-the-synthesis-of-rna/ https://www.chemistryviews.org/severo-ochoa-and-the-synthesis-of-rna/#respond Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:01 +0000 2023-06-29T00:00:01 https://www.chemistryviews.org/?p=68758 Spanish biochemist won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 for work on polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase)

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]]> https://www.chemistryviews.org/raw-material-change-in-the-chemical-industry/feed/ 0 https://www.chemistryviews.org/the-chemistry-of-balloons-and-rubber-part-1/ https://www.chemistryviews.org/the-chemistry-of-balloons-and-rubber-part-1/#respond ]]> Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:37 +0000 2023-06-06T00:00:37 https://www.chemistryviews.org/?p=67496 The balloon is certainly not the most important product based on rubber, but it may be the prettiest

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