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chemist

[kem-ist] / ˈkɛm ɪst /


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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

Nitrocellulose was invented in the mid-19th century, when Swiss chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein accidentally discovered that cotton became violently flammable after dipping in an acid mix.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Gallium was discovered in 1875 by French chemist Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Humphrys described working three part-time jobs while at school, including a morning paper round, being a messenger for a chemist and growing food in an allotment.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

Apothecary was an old-fashioned name, even then, for a chemist.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness

Now, chemists at Northwestern University have solved that long standing mystery.

From Science Daily Jul. 6, 2026

So there was an overnight operation of chemists and first responders sent in to try to get that done, which was attempted even though it put them “in harm’s way,” Covey said.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

Past directors have included physicists, chemists and computer scientists.

From Salon May 7, 2026

In this approach, chemists begin with the final molecule they want and work backward to figure out simpler starting materials and possible reaction routes.

From Science Daily May 5, 2026

Happily he let out that for years organic chemists had been arbitrarily favoring particular tautomeric forms over their alternatives on only the flimsiest of grounds.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson




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