Also recognised in the birthday honours was Stephen Foots, chief executive officer of British speciality chemicals company, ...

We want to show you some of the ways chemistry is contributing to cleaning our water, reducing waste, and designing sustainable materials. We hope that you enjoy celebrating Earth Day’s 50th birthday ...

“It’s not easy to realize that what they call the coronation in science happened on my birthday, of all days. There’s nothing more nice imaginable.” Although chemistry is typically thought ...

A nationwide body of chemical scientists on Sunday decided to observe August 2, the birthday of the legendary Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, as National Chemistry Day. Ray, an educationist and ...

Lana Hiscock, a PhD student at Wilfrid Laurier University, shared this image on Twitter, adding, “Some days chemistry feels more art than science - in this case abstract art.” Hiscock ...

Birthday boy Gerhard Ertl wins the 2007 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing important new methods for investigating chemical reactions that take place on surfaces--catalytic converters and ...