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chemist

[kem-ist] / ˈkɛm ɪst /


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Then Yale chemist Benjamin Silliman Jr. showed how crude oil could be fractionated into various liquids, one of which was kerosene, an excellent illuminant that was much cheaper than whale oil.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 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

Prior to arriving at the home David, a former industrial chemist who is originally from Bradford, lived in France for almost 20 years.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

In 1871, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev created the first periodic table by arranging elements according to increasing atomic numbers and intentionally left empty spaces for elements he believed had yet to be found.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

He told me his wife was a chemist who worked with Cuban scientists on top- secret projects developing products from sugarcane.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Patients can be treated for 27 different conditions at chemists in Scotland.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Initially, a few hundred chemists will offer treatments for the five new conditions, NHS England says.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

For decades, however, chemists have faced a basic limitation in how electron transfer works.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 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

At Caltech, two physical chemists, Linus Pauling and Robert Corey, had used this technique to solve the structures of several protein fragments—a feat that would win Pauling the Nobel Prize in 1954.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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