A party of electrons was attacked by a group of pesky protons. A mysterious stranger appeared on the scene and saved the group of protons. The electrons asked the mysterious stranger "Who are you?"

The hero replies,"I am Bond, Covalent Bond." - Prachi


Ahmed H. Zewail Develops Technique to study atoms

With his new technique to study atoms, Ahmed H Zewail became the third ethnic Egyptian to receive the Nobel Prize.

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Gertrude B. Elion Develops Drugs for Malaria and AIDS

Gertrude B Elion had an impressive career and she helped develop drugs to treat many major diseases which included malaria and AIDS.

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Walter Gilbert Unveils the Secrets behind RNA and DNA

Walter Gilbert developed a technique of using gel electrophoresis to read the nucleotide sequences of DNA segments.

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George Andrew Olah isolates carbocations

George Andrew Olah's research involves the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. Besides the Nobel Prize, he has also been awarded the Priestley Medal which is the highest honour granted by the American Chemical Society.

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Rudolph A. Marcus And his theory of electron transfer

Rudolph A. Marcus came up with his theory on electron transfer which is also known as Marcus theory and also won a Nobel Prize for the same in 1992.

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Paul B. Weisz Pioneers Use of Hydrous Silicates as Catalysts

Paul B. Weisz pioneered the use of natural and synthetic zeolites, which are also known as hydrous silicates as catalysts. These catalysts are highly selective and facilitated only certain reactions between specific molecules of given shapes.

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Joliot-Curie Discover Artificial Radioactivity

Irene Joliot-Curie and Frederic Joliot Curie jointly discovered artificial radioactivity. These isotopes rapidly became important tools in biomedical research and in the treatment of cancer and related diseases.

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Herbert Henry Dow Unveils New Ways to Extract Bromine

Herbert Henry Dow has invented many successful diversifications and several business reorganizations, first into chlorine chemicals, then into organic chemicals, such as phenol and indigo dye, and finally into magnesium metal.

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Maxine Singer Decodes the Language of DNA

Maxine Frank Singer helped in deciphering the human genetic code and the chemical language that DNA uses to create the proteins that keep our bodies going and growing.

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Reinhold Benesch & Ruth Erica Benesch Find How Oxygen is Transported in Human Body

Reinhold Benesch and Ruth Erica Benesch are American biochemists who put in forty years to find out how oxygen is transported in our human body.

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