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Chemistry

  • Why does red wine sometimes cause headaches?

    Why does red wine sometimes cause headaches?

    Andrew Waterhouse, The Conversation Apramita Devi, The Conversation
    · Dec 25, 2024 · 10:00 pm
  • Explained: The careful chemistry behind that perfect scoop of smooth, textured ice-cream

    Explained: The careful chemistry behind that perfect scoop of smooth, textured ice-cream

    Nathan Kilah, The Conversation
    · Jul 30, 2023 · 09:30 pm
  • Watch the moments after 2022 Chemistry Nobel laureate Morten Meldal learnt he had won

    Watch the moments after 2022 Chemistry Nobel laureate Morten Meldal learnt he had won

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 06, 2022 · 01:03 pm
  • Explained: How sugar differs from other natural and artificial sweeteners

    Explained: How sugar differs from other natural and artificial sweeteners

    Kristine Nolin, The Conversation
    · Jan 08, 2022 · 11:30 pm
  • Without this brilliant German chemist, your Christmas tree wouldn’t have been the same

    Without this brilliant German chemist, your Christmas tree wouldn’t have been the same

    Mark Lorch, The Conversation
    · Dec 22, 2021 · 09:30 pm
  • A big problem with the Nobel prize is that it acknowledges a few while ignoring so many others

    A big problem with the Nobel prize is that it acknowledges a few while ignoring so many others

    Rebecca Owens, The Conversation
    · Oct 12, 2020 · 11:30 pm
  • Watch: Here is a video on noble gases (yes, really) for the chemistry nerd in you

    Watch: Here is a video on noble gases (yes, really) for the chemistry nerd in you

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 21, 2019 · 10:00 pm
  • 350 years after its discovery, the vital element phosphorus is running out

    350 years after its discovery, the vital element phosphorus is running out

    Petr Kilian, The Conversation
    · Jan 14, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 05, 2016 · 03:53 pm