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chemist

[kem-ist] / ˈkɛm ɪst /


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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

Nitrocellulose was invented in the mid-19th century, when Swiss chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein accidentally discovered that cotton became violently flammable after dipping in an acid mix.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Meanwhile people without family abroad to send them dollars or order food for them online live an increasingly precarious existence, like Maritza Gomez, a 62-year-old chemist.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Humphrys described working three part-time jobs while at school, including a morning paper round, being a messenger for a chemist and growing food in an allotment.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

“Told me to contact a chemist or something. I opted to take care of it myself.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Such molecules could potentially serve as synthetic alternatives to iron oxos and give small molecule chemists new tools for studying reactions related to biology.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 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

Past directors have included physicists, chemists and computer scientists.

From Salon May 7, 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

For most of us, the periodic table is a thing of beauty in the abstract, but for chemists it established an immediate orderliness and clarity that can hardly be overstated.

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




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