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The call came from the Nobel Prize committee for Dr. Albert Hofmann. It was the mid-1960s, and the Swiss chemist was under consideration for an unusual compound he’d been the first to synthesize. But the mid-’60s were also when full-scale panic over the effects of LSD had taken hold in the wake of Timothy Leary’s […]
The call came from the Nobel Prize committee for Dr. Albert Hofmann. It was the mid-1960s, and the Swiss chemist was under consideration for an unusual compound he’d been the first to synthesize. But the mid-’60s were also when full-scale panic over the effects of LSD had taken hold in the wake of Timothy Leary’s […]
Ben Feringa is a pioneer in nanotechnology, and this is his world. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a2826565a2d9a4a532ba98f/master/pass/JOSJANSEN_PLAYGROUND_15.jpg Feed: All Latest
Enlarge / Cells in metaphase, dyed by rhodamines (credit: Luke Lavis) You can never have enough photons. Biologists, they always want more, says Luke Lavis, a dye chemist with Howard Hughes Medical Institute. And, he lets slip under a smile, they’re “super picky.” Still, biologists appreciate his work. While Lavis’ fellow chemists might be inclined […]
Sean Gallup/Getty Images All eyes are on Germany this weekend, as the G20 summit plays out in Hamburg. That means that, thanks in part to yet an awkward encounter with US President Donald, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is back in the spotlight in the US. Since becoming chancellor in 2005, the former chemist has managed […]
Mas Subramanian, a chemist and University of Oregon professor, became known in 2009 when his lab discovered the first new blue pigment, called YInMn Blue, in 200 years. Now, Crayola is making the blue into a crayon. As NPR notes, the scientific breakthrough was a happy accident. In 2009, a student in his lab combined yttrium, indium, and manganese […]
A substance found in burnt toast and fries that could be hazardous to our health continues to be monitored by Health Canada. CBC | Health News
