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The codiscovery of RNA splicing by Sharp and Richard Roberts opened up a new and important area of molecular biology.
From positions in academia, industry, and the corridors of political decision making in Washington, D.C., Good championed science and technology.
A pioneer in nanotechnology, Hammond is Vice Provost for Faculty and Institute Professor at MIT, cofounder of MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology, and a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.
Science’s centuries-long hunt for a common language.
In the 1940s the husband-and-wife team of Clifford and Kathryn Hach launched the Hach Chemical Company, which became a leading producer of water-testing reagents and instruments.
In 1978 Mazumdar-Shaw started Biocon India in her garage and then built it into the multinational biotech firm it is today.
Born in Taiwan, Chang made the long trip to the United States to study at Brown University and then Harvard. She became one of the world’s most successful biotechnology entrepreneurs.
Polymer science and technology are just two of the areas to which Chowdhry, former chief science and technology officer at the DuPont Company, contributed.
DNA’s electrical conductivity is at the heart of studies Barton is undertaking to find new methods for medical diagnosis and treatment.
Before these men became successful chemists they were World War II meteorologists.
Known for his law of gases, Boyle was a 17th-century pioneer of modern chemistry.
One of the 18th century’s most preeminent experimental scientists, Priestley is best remembered for discovering oxygen. He was also a conspicuous figure in the revolutionary politics of his day.
Meyer and Mendeleev were contenders in the race to develop a periodic table of the elements.
Gay-Lussac discovered one of the fundamental laws of gases, the law of combining volumes.
Although he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis of ammonia, Haber was controversial for his role in developing Germany’s poison-gas program during World War I.
A Swedish scientist who studied both chemistry and physics, Arrhenius became a founding father of a new field: physical chemistry.
Berzelius is best remembered for his experiments that established the law of constant proportions.
American chemist G. N. Lewis was instrumental in developing the theory of covalent bonding.
Avogadro correctly hypothesized that equal volumes of gases, at the same temperature and pressure, contain equal numbers of molecules.
In a polymer research lab at DuPont, Kwolek discovered the super fiber known as Kevlar.
Seaborg, a Nobel laureate and chairman of the former U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, discovered a number of transuranium elements.
One of the most recognizable figures in science, “Madame Curie” has captured the public imagination for more than 100 years and inspired generations of women scientists.
Through his important contributions to the theory of atomic weights, Cannizzaro guided his fellow chemists through a crucial time.
A biochemist who made lasting contributions to medicine, Daly was the first Black woman to receive a PhD in chemistry.
The Belgian-born chemist and entrepreneur Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic.
The invention of wrinkle-resistant cotton fabric by Benerito, a physical chemist, is credited with saving the cotton industry.
These four Toronto researchers discovered and purified insulin, creating a new and effective treatment for diabetes.
In the first half of the 19th century, Germany was a leading force in chemistry, thanks in large part to the work of Justus von Liebig and Friedrich Wöhler.
In 1887 Richards conducted an unprecedented survey that led to the first state water-quality standards in the nation and the first modern municipal sewage treatment plant.
Discoveries made by the Benesches about oxygen transport by hemoglobin provided new knowledge about the respiratory system.