Proteins get touchy under pressure
Our sense of touch and balance is deeply ingrained in our experiences, but what are the chemical processes that make it work? Rachel Brazil...
Corrosion of Metals
Introduction To ensure long and trouble free operation in a media it is of utmost importance to have knowledge about corrosion and the effect it...
July 14th – English chemist Sir William Perkin died on this day in 1907
He synthesised the first artificial dyestuff, called mauve or aniline purple, while trying to synthesize quinine from a coal tar chemical for the treatment of malaria....
July 13th- Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro was born on this day in 1826
Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro, known for his theories on atomic weight. He was the first chemist to see the full significance of Avogadro's law. In the...
Niyə Acı Bibər Yedikdən Sonra Su İçməməliyik?!
Bir çox yeməklərimizin əsasını təşkil edən acı bibəri sevməyən yoxdur. Acı bibəri yediyimiz zaman ağzımızda istilik və yanma hissi əmələ gəlir. Bu hisslərin səbəbini kimya...
July 12th- William Ramsay and Morris Travers discovered the element xenon on this day in 1898
The British chemists used a powerful machine that cooled and liquefied air to obtain krypton (Kr). They then repeatedly distilled the krypton until an even...
Fluoride or fluorine?
Are you confused about the difference between fluoride and fluorine or simply want to know what fluoride is? Here's the answer to this common chemistry...
July 11th-Dutch-American physicist Samuel Abraham Goudsmit was born on this day in 1902
He introduced the concept of electron spin along with George Eugene Uhlenbeck in 1925. This phenomenon explains many aspects of atomic behaviour that cannot be...
