July 5th- Hungarian-Swedish chemist George de Hevesy died on this day in 1966
He was awarded the 1943 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on radioisotopes and their use as tracers in studying the chemical processes within...
Exposure to neonic pesticides results in early death for honeybee workers and queens
Worker and queen honeybees exposed to field realistic levels of neonicotinoids die sooner, reducing the health of the entire colony, a new study led by...
The difference between deionized and distilled water
You can drink tap water, but it's not suitable for most laboratory tests, preparing solutions, calibrating equipment, or cleaning glassware. For the lab, you want...
July 4th – German chemist Ernst Otto Beckmann was born on this day in 1853
He is known for inventing the Beckmann thermometer. Enter Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853-1923) was born in Solingen, the German town famed for its knives. The son...
July 3rd – Discovery of Bromine
Antoine-Jerome Balard announced the discovery of bromine (Br) on this day in 1826. The French chemist was an unknown young laboratory assistant when he discovered...
