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Analytical Chemistry
Photo of woman exiting building surrounded by news cameras

Why Did Annie Dookhan Lie?

Distillations Article
Photo illustration of woman with migraine

Sex(ism), Drugs, and Migraines

Distillations Podcast
Closeup of telegraph sent by Eleanor Roosevelt

Distilled #3: Water Fit for a King

Distillations Video
Woman irritated by smog in LA in the 1950s

Fighting Smog in Los Angeles

Distillations Podcast
Man walking in forest of fall leaves

Whatever Happened to Acid Rain?

Distillations Podcast
Penguins on an iceberg

Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole?

Distillations Podcast
Model 700 Dual-Column Gas Chromatograph, the Institute Collections

Model 700 Dual-Column Gas Chromatograph
Research
Liston-Becker Model 28 Exhaust Gas Analyzer, ca. 1956.

Liston-Becker Model 28 Exhaust Gas Analyzer
Research
Horiba pH meter. The Institute Collections. Photo by Gregory Tobias

Horiba-Mexa 200 CO Analyzer
Research
Millipore portable water-testing kit. The Institute Collections. Photo by Conrad Erb

Field Water Testing and Analysis Instruments
Research
Electron Capture Detector, 1958. The Institute Collections. Courtesy of James E. Lovelock.

James Lovelock's Electron Capture Detector
Research
Detail of the Beckman HC/CO tester. Courtesy of Beckman Coulter Heritage Council

Beckman HC/CO Tester, Beckman Instruments
Research

A.R. Ravishankara
Research
Particle Falls at the Wilma Theater, 2013.

Particle Falls
Research
Edward Dunlea calibrating an aerosol mass spectrometer at the Storm Peak Laboratory.

Scientists
Research

Painting Like It’s 1699

Distillations Video
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (left) and Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen.

Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff
Historical Profile
Ramen

The Science of Satisfaction

Distillations Article

Art Detectives

Distillations Video
Guinea pig

Tiny Productions

Distillations Article
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