chemist
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In 1871, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev created the first periodic table by arranging elements according to increasing atomic numbers and intentionally left empty spaces for elements he believed had yet to be found.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
The planet faced a cataclysmic agricultural crisis until the German chemist Fritz Haber discovered a process for cheaply producing nitrogen fertilizer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Anand, who accompanied them, led them to their first stop - a chemist because Anita had developed a migraine headache and wanted to buy a painkiller.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
"People will win in the end. No authoritarian government can stand up to a united people -- and we are united," said another protester, 59-year-old chemist Irakli Nanadze.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
At that point I did not know yet that he was a chemist, a scientist.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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So there was an overnight operation of chemists and first responders sent in to try to get that done, which was attempted even though it put them “in harm’s way,” Covey said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
Past directors have included physicists, chemists and computer scientists.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
In a double-blind study, 36 chemists provided 368 valid evaluations, and their assessments agreed with the system's results 71.2% of the time on average.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
"With Synthegy, we're giving chemists the power to just talk, allowing them to iterate much faster and navigate more complex synthetic ideas."
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
By 1879 chemists discovered saccharine—a laboratory-created substance that is several hundred times sweeter than natural sugar.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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