Chemistry

Scientist’s extraordinary photograph of ‘nuclear magnetic resonance tubes’ wins top competition

Founded by Chemistry Europe, a European association representing over 75,000 chemists, the magazine challenged the public to submit images that demonstrated their passion for chemistry. Maciej Majdecki

Founded by Chemistry Europe, a European association representing over 75,000 chemists, the magazine challenged the public to submit images that demonstrated their passion for chemistry.

Remembering Maria: The life and times of one of the world’s greatest female scientists, Maria Skłodowska-Curie

A Polish-born physicist and chemist, Maria became one of the most famous scientists of her time. In 1903 she was awarded the Nobel Prize, and went on to win another just eight years later.

Take it easy: the story of the man who invented Valium

The son of a Polish pharmacist Leo Sternbach changed the pharmaceutical world.

Nobel winners defend Warsaw-based int'l research centre

Eleven Nobel Prize winners from the fields of physiology or medicine and chemistry have written a letter to University of Warsaw (UW) asking the rector-elect's support for the UW-based International Research Agenda ReMedy unit, which is facing liquidation.

Polish chemists show how to cheaply synthesise drug used to treat COVID-19

Professor Bartosz Grzybowski and his team have shown the world how to produce HCQ, a medicine used to treat COVID-19, from inexpensive compounds, through the use of his Chematica computer program.

Geniuses of the future get helping hand from pharm company’s SmartUp camps

The camp which is run by pharmaceutical company ADAMED has already helped 200 youngsters and seen alumni go on to attend some of the world’s most prestigious universities such as Oxford and Cambridge.

Scientists create power drug 5,000 times STRONGER than standard painkillers

The introduction of the new drug brings with it hopes of total and long-lasting pain relief because administering a single compound both stops and soothes existing pain as well as turning off its source.

Polish chemists invent new bioplastic

A new bioplastic, derived mainly from starch, was invented by chemists from the Gdańsk University of Technology. The bioplastic, which is biodegradable, can be used to reduce the problem of plastic waste.

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