Posts Tagged ‘Chemistry’

MARCH 12, 1790: BATTERIES NOW INCLUDED

Friday, March 12, 2010 1:00

1790: John Frederic Daniell, a 19th-century scientific and academic heavyweight, inventor of the first practical electric battery and all-around geek, is born in London, England. Daniell, the son of a prominent London attorney, attended prestigious schools in Europe where he excelled in science — especially when it came to performing experiments ...

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FEB, 11, 1939: LISE MEITNER, ‘OUR MADAME CURIE’

Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:00

1939: Austrian-born physicist Lise Meitner publishes her discovery that atomic nuclei split during some uranium reactions. Her research will be overlooked by the Nobel committee when it awards a prize for the work. Meitner is a prominent example of a woman whose gender put her in the back seat when ...

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EVA HERZIGOVA, HELENA CHRISTENSEN, CLAUDIA SCHIFFER BARE ALL FOR MAG SHOOT

Monday, November 23, 2009 5:51

Veteran supermodels Eva Herzigova, 36, Helena Christensen, 40, and Claudia Schiffer, 39, have proved that age is no object when it comes to looking stunning. The models wore just leather thigh boots and a saucy wink for the naked mag shoot. Claudia said it was the chemistry of the three old-school catwalk ...

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FUCKED UP TO PERFORM CHEMISTRY OF COMMON LIFE LIVE

Thursday, September 10, 2009 20:15

Photo by Jason Bergman It's not even a year old yet, but Fucked Up's sprawling, brawny opus The Chemistry of Common Life already sounds like a modern hardcore classic. And on November 5, the band will cement that classic status just a little bit more when they play the whole album ...

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AUG. 31, 1909: FIRST CHEMOTHERAPY DRUG TREATS SYPHILIS

Monday, August 31, 2009 4:00

1909: After searching through hundreds of potential chemicals, a German immunologist discovers a compound that can selectively kill the parasitic spirochete that causes syphilis. The following year, he sends 65,000 free samples of the drug, now known as the first modern chemotherapy agent, to doctors all over the world. Since his ...

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AUG. 19, 1887: WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 4:00

1887: Intent on observing a solar eclipse, a celebrated Russian chemist uses a hot-air balloon to make a solo ascent above the clouds near Moscow, even though he has never been in a balloon before and has no idea how to land one. Even if Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev had never gotten ...

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AUG. 18, 1868: HELIUM DISCOVERED DURING TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 4:00

1868: A French astronomer spots an unknown element, now known as helium, in the spectrum of the sun during a much-anticipated total eclipse. The event marks the first discovery of an “extraterrestrial” element, as helium had not yet been found on Earth. Astronomers had been eagerly awaiting a total solar eclipse ...

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AUG. 11, 1903: INSTANT COFFEE, A MIXED BLESSING

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:00

1903: A Japanese chemist living in Chicago receives the first U.S. patent for instant coffee. Hundreds of millions of caffeine-craving addicts will rue the day, but others have no grounds for complaint. Water-soluble “instant” coffees first saw light of cup in Britain in 1771. But the product had a short shelf ...

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NEW SUPERCOMPUTER MAY FIND ANSWERS TO SOME OF EARTH’S PROBLEMS

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 8:01

Reports indicate that the newest supercomputer, which can perform more than 160 trillion calculations per second, is ready to take on problems in areas such as climate science, hydrogen storage and molecular chemistry. The 21.4 million dollar Chinook supercomputer, built by HP, is almost 15 times faster than its predecessor, ...

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PATTINSON, STEWART HAVE INCREDIBLE CHEMISTRY, SAYS CO-STAR

Friday, July 24, 2009 10:14

Brit actor Robert Pattinson and American actress Kristen Stewart are said to have an undeniable chemistry between them. Pattinson, 23, and Stewart, 19, have worked together in the ‘Twilight’ sequel ‘New Moon’, and their co-star Ashley Greene, who joined the duo at Comic-Con in San Diego to promote the new film, ...

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JULY 15, 1999: HEY, SORRY ABOUT THE BERYLLIUM POISONING

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 4:00

1999: After five decades of denial, the U.S. government owns up to poisoning thousands of defense, aerospace and atomic energy workers by exposing them to beryllium. President Bill Clinton asks Congress to enact legislation to compensate the sickened workers and their survivors. The element beryllium (Be, atomic number 4) is a ...

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