Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff (1852–1911)
Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff (1852–1911)
The Father of Physical Chemistry
The prestigious Nobel Prizes were first awarded in 1901 and the first Nobel Laureate...
Nanoparticles Help in Converting CO2 to Valuable Products
Scientists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany and the University of New South Wales in Australia have adopted the principle from enzymes that produce complex...
Otto Hahn (1879 – 1968)- The Father of Nuclear Chemistry
One of the greatest pioneers in radioactivity and radiochemistry, German chemist Otto Emil Hahn was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his...
Silicon – High-tech element of the information age
First, we had the stone age. Then came the bronze age, followed by the iron age. And now, we’re in the information age. Or...
Aluminium – Once elusive, now a prized metal
Behind every element are stories on how it was discovered, on the scientists behind the element and the stories on its amazing developments and applications....
Researchers Develop Nano-Sponges of Solid Acids to Transform Carbon Dioxide to Fuel and Plastic...
Researchers have developed nano-solid acids that can convert CO2 to fuel(dimethyl ether) and plastic to chemicals(hydrocarbons). Their research has been published in Nature Communications. ...
Chemists Develop New Algorithm Which Predicts Compositions of New Materials
A team of RIKEN chemists have developed a new algorithm that can predict the compositions of new materials. They have designed a machine-learning algorithm that...
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897 – 1956)
When Irène Joliot-Curie and her husband Frédéric were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 “in recognition of their synthesis of new...
Hydrogen Generation from Salt and Polluted Water
Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with teams from the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague and Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Ústí nad...
Graphene-Based Catalyst to Increase Durability of Fuel Cells
The research team, involving scientists from Queen Mary University of London and University College London (UCL), showed that a new type of graphene-based catalyst...
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