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  1. Preston MacDougall @[email protected] ·

    2018 #NobelPrize laureate in #Chemistry , Frances Arnold is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical #Engineering , #Bioengineering and #Biochemistry at #CalTech.

    She has been named as the 2025 #Priestley Medalist - the highest award 🥇 given by the #American Chemical Society - for showing chemists how to develop better #catalysts (enzymes) using evolutionary #biology. 👏

    cen.acs.org/people/awards/Fran

    #nobelprize #chemistry #engineering #bioengineering #biochemistry #caltech
  2. tomsharp @[email protected] ·

    1771-1774: Priestley, Scheele, and Lavoisier separately discovered oxygen, although only Lavoisier was not bound by phlogiston theory in explaining combustion. Oxygen: atomic number: 8; weight: 15.999; Diatomic nonmetal #Poetry #Science #History #Combustion #Oxygen #Priestley #Scheele #Lavoisier (sharpgiving.com/thebookofscien)

    #poetry #science #history #combustion #oxygen #priestley