The mid-nineteenth century saw the development of a radical new direction in chemistry: instead of simply analyzing existing molecules, chemists began to synthesize them—including molecules that ...

Here’s one example: Friedrich August Kekule was a German chemist in the 1860s who was trying to work out the molecular structure of benzene—an important endeavor for the petrochemical industry.

Jörn Piel's research focuses on the origin, ecology, and activity of natural products. Using biological and chemical methods, his research group investigates how organisms such as bacterial ...

that there was a lack of clearness in the notions of most ch em i sts about the stru ctu re of organ ic compounds—for Kekule had not yet made his famous ride on the top of the Clapham omnibus ...

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Italy is to close all shops except food stores and pharmacies in Europe's toughest lockdown yet as virus deaths and cases continue to mount. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said bars, restaurants ...

This year we celebrate the 150 th anniversary of Mendeleev’s achievement in formulating the structure of the periodic table that we use today. He announced his structure in 1869, but the challenge of ...

The ouroboros is an ancient symbol of a serpent consuming its own tail, seen across multiple cultures and time periods. Its ...

The unspoken promise of new technologies is that they will advance and enhance our picture of the world — that goes double for the ones that are specifically designed to let us look closer at ...