chemist

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Recently, I visited the labs of Waltz’s adviser, chemical engineer Michael Tsapatsis, and Howard Fairbrother, a chemist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

In the early 1920s, inventor and electrical engineer Lee de Forest collaborated with chemist Theodore Case to create the first sound-on-film system, PhonoFilm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Elahi, the UK's deputy government chemist, who is based at the measurement and testing services company LGC, couldn't believe that food fraudsters would target children.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Enck's book traces the history of plastic: from its earliest incarnation in 1909, when Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite, through the "myth" of plastic recycling promoted by industry from the mid-20th century onward.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Such alchemistic transformations have led to many erroneous reports, for if a chemist, knowing aldrin has been applied, tests for it he will be deceived into thinking all residues have been dissipated.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson