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chemist

[kem-ist] / ˈkɛm ɪst /


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Protein mass is typically expressed in daltons, a unit named after English chemist John Dalton.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Shaughnessy Naughton, a chemist who worked on drug discovery and breast cancer research, founded 3.14 Action in 2016 after two unsuccessful tries for a congressional seat in the Philadelphia suburbs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

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

People can be referred to their local pharmacy via NHS111 or by their GP, or just go direct to their high street chemist.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness

The discovery not only resolves a problem that challenged chemists for more than six decades but also demonstrates how unexpected chemical reactions can reveal possibilities that researchers once considered beyond reach.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 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

Perhaps the most striking is the story of Compound E, an adrenal hormone isolated by the Mayo Clinic biochemist Edward Kendall in 1935 and later synthesized with great difficulty by Tishler and other Merck chemists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Understanding how electrons are distributed through those structures can help chemists explain why molecules have particular properties and why they undergo certain chemical reactions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Our first principles told us that Pauling could not be the greatest of all chemists without realizing that DNA was the most golden of all molecules.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson


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