Tag: chemistry
Science: Helium and a return to the moon
The Story:
When the United States went to the moon in the late 1960s, the chief reason was straightforward. It was part of a geopolitical...
Science: A Chemist Unlocks Hidden Words from a Doomed Queen
The Story:
A chemist in Paris has uncovered the words long obscured in letters written by a doomed French Queen, Marie Antoinette, in the period...
Health: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Story:
This year the Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to two scientists who, independently of one another, developed "asymmetric organocatalysis." This has proved of...