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chemist

[kem-ist] / ˈkɛm ɪst /


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While many scientists have made significant contributions in the field, three regularly mentioned for the Nobel are Canadian endocrinologist Daniel Drucker, Danish physician Jens Juul Holst and Yugoslav-born American chemist Svetlana Mojsov.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

At the urging of Harvard’s president, James Conant, who was also a distinguished chemist, Merck hired Tishler.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Rice University chemist Raúl Hernández Sánchez wanted to know whether oxygen could form similar compounds with a different group of metals found near the bottom of the periodic table.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Ramón Pagán, a cosmetic chemist and independent consultant based in New York City, sees another force helping drive tallow’s popularity: branding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

When the wife of the great Austrian physicist Wolfgang Pauli left him for a chemist, he was staggered with disbelief.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

US chemists David Allara and Ralph Nuzzo along with Israel's Jacob Sagiv would then be favourites.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Chemists have long wondered how that process occurs, and the two Nobel laureates' discoveries have "enabled chemists to drive chemical reactions that lead to homochirality", the jury said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

The listed roles include electrical engineers, explosive experts, chemists and software specialists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Earlier generations of chemists developed many foundational ideas using the experimental techniques available at the time.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Geoffroy’s work appeared in a context where chemists were already trying to escape from alchemical thinking.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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