Sophia Durham Stumbled upon, an accidental discovery to ameliorate society. Misbehaving. Strike for sparks. Dense and grey (an asteroid in space…?), to a shower of light. Perhaps a goddess? A [...]
Nick Williams A supporting role, Hidden deep in camera, Escaping notice. About the Author I’m Nick and I’m Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sheffield. For me, this means discovering [...]
Julie Hyde There is a purple element called iodine But let me take you back to when it was first seen Discovered by Bernard Courtois in Paris Trying to make salt petre he instead made this [...]
Kezia Sasitharan Abundant in the Universe, rare in the Earth’s crust; My volatile hydrides disperse. And escape as gas, into space and are lost. Commonly found in mines of gold, As gold [...]
Jona Foster Stibium as she used to be known, Felt it was a name that she had outgrown, You see she’d been a recluse, Until she met Bruce, And now she is ‘against being alone’. [...]
Csilla György A colour-blind German chemist, Reich discovered my existence, By asking his selfish colleague, Richter for assistance. A small piece of zincblende was analysed by spectroscopy, [...]
