Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize
Nuclear fission – the physical process by which very large atoms like uranium split into pairs of smaller atoms – is what ...
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Frances H. Arnold forges ahead
Frances H. Arnold has spent her career creating enzymes that can accomplish chemistry that nature never intended. C&EN spoke ...
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Priestley Medal address 2025: A random (mostly) uphill walk
A version of this essay will be presented at the American Chemical Society Spring 2025 meeting by 2025 Priestley Medal winner ...
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Discoveries that changed the world: Meet UC’s women Nobel laureates
If Andrea Ghez had listened to her critics, one of the galaxy’s greatest mysteries might yet remain unsolved. The UCLA astronomer won the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for proving the existence of a ...
It’s Conan O’Brien’s big night — at Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center
At this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony honoring Conan O’Brien, a tribute to comedy may compete with the ...
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“Water Nobel Prize” for Prof. Günter Blöschl
The world's highest award for scientific achievement in the field of water research goes to Prof. Günter Blöschl of TU Wien. For many years, he and his team at the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering ...
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Beall Poetry Festival Celebrates Spring, New Growth Through Poetry
Baylor University will host a premier American literary event of contemporary poetry – the 31st annual Beall Poetry Festival, ...