chemist

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Lavallo is referring to Ronald Breslow, a Columbia University chemist who proposed in 1958 that vitamin B1 could transform into a carbene to enable key biochemical reactions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

Lawrence, an organometallic chemist, says "chemists are here to solve problems and to try to make your world better."

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

"Some of the SPF testing, I feel, has become a bit more of a marketing exercise than a real reflection of efficacy," cosmetic chemist Michelle Wong told the BBC last year.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Paul Tchinnis remembers thinking when he started there as a chemist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Until well into the second half of the century, the formula H2O2 might mean water to one chemist but hydrogen peroxide to another.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson