Rachel Carson wrote the mainstream scientific book Silent Spring in 1962. It outlined the devastation that certain chemicals had on local ecosystems. The book served as a wake-up call for the public ...

Carolyn Bertozzi and colleagues laid out a way to make paradigm-shifting "click-chemistry" compatible with living cells, ...

Millions of children across the world have had an opportunity to grow up healthy because of the contributions of Dr. Ronald Eby. Dr. Eby devoted his career to developing vaccines that targeted ...

The broad mission of the SUNY-ESF Chemistry Faculty is the advancement of chemistry in the service of Mankind's interaction with our environment. In so doing, Chemistry at ESF focuses on four ...

Ether, short for diethyl ether, is one of the most important chemicals in history and its use as a general anesthetic is arguably one of the greatest discoveries of all time (1). Surgery before ...

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Oct. 7. They had been working on their project for nearly nine years, and their hard work has paid off. The two decided ...