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chemist

[kem-ist] / ˈkɛm ɪst /


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Even during his incarceration, the former food chemist never ceased his political activity on social media, particularly on his YouTube channel, which has 162,000 subscribers.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

People will be able to go to their local chemist in England this autumn and get on-the-spot treatment for 12 common conditions without going to their GP first.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Their company included the painter Allan Ramsay, the historian William Robertson, the chemist Joseph Black and the geologist James Hutton among many gifted others.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Rice University chemist Raúl Hernández Sánchez wanted to know whether oxygen could form similar compounds with a different group of metals found near the bottom of the periodic table.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

“Oppenheimer was really terribly worried,” remembered the chemist Donald Hornig.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

Tishler was impressed by the company, especially a paper on vitamins written by a group of young Merck chemists.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Organic chemists routinely study chains of atoms that form the molecular foundations of medicines, advanced materials, agrochemicals, polymers and many other technologies used in everyday life.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Initially, a few hundred chemists will offer treatments for the five new conditions, NHS England says.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

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

But for most of us, chemists have more to say about how we satisfy that taste than do overseers.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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