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Cyril Percy Callister - Vegemite creator!!

📍 Box Hill Cemetery. Melb Australia. Cyril Percy Callister (1893 – 1949) was an Australian chemist and food technologist who developed the Vegemite yeast spread. As well as Vegemite, he is known for his contributions towards processed cheese. Callister died at his home in Wellington Street,… read more

Those sandals they sell at the chemist here look really comfy ngl. 🙃🙃

She fell in love with a chemist, their chemistry is undeniable. 👊😂😎

The interviewer questioning how I had 3 years experience as a chemist prior to leaving Highschool (edited)

Hi there! Anyone doing a master's degree in chemistry/pharmacy/biology?

I am doing research to know how to apply for the programs, I am from Mexico and I would like to know if someone can guide me in that regard. I am a Pharmacobiological Chemist and I am interested in Pharmacology, Biotechnology or Genetics. If you have information about it, or any master's degree… read more

Louis Pasteur: microbiologist, chemist, and pioneer of the "Germ theory of disease"

Renowned for discovering molecular asymmetry and stereochemistry, developing vaccines against cholera, anthrax, and rabies, refuting the prevailing belief of spontaneous generation, and inventing the process of Pasteurization.

Fun fact of the day!

A 10 year old in 5th grade created the explosive molecule Tetranitratoxycarbon! Her name is Clara Lazen! She presented her teacher a randomly constructed molecule diagram. Her teacher then took a photo and sent it to a chemist for analysis. The rest is history!

Back pain If severe go to dr.

I have always had back troubles But last week I made a wrong move and boom. Back gave out. I did. The usual treatment of ice pack, pain killers rest . Felt fine after few days. Spoke to soon . Ouch 4 days I couldn’t move stand or walk . Even the leg was numb from pinched nerve. Then friend… (edited) read more

Happy 4/19 (bicycle day) to all you beautiful people!

April 19, 1943, Albert Hofmann, a chemist for Sandoz, in Basel, Switzerland, ingested a minute amount—just 250 micrograms--of a compound derived from the ergot fungus. He soon felt so disoriented that he rode his bicycle home, where he experienced all the heavenly and hellish effects of lysergic… read more

Badak (Indonesian Sarsaparilla Flavour Drink)

Badak is a sarsaparilla cola/lemonade produced by PT Perusahaan Es Siantar in 1916. Originate from Pematangsiantar City, the drink is one of the most iconic drinks in the region of North Sumatra. Badak was produced by NV Ijs Fabriek Siantar (later renamed PT Perusahaan Es Siantar), the first… read more

On This Day in History - December 10, 1918

December 10, 1918 #OTD The Nobel Prize Committee selected German physicist Max Planck as recipient for the Nobel Prize in Physics and German chemist Fritz Haber for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the Haber-Bosch process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and… read more

How do you tell the difference between a chemist and a plumber?

Ask them to pronounce "unionized"

Unionised

This this a quick pronunciation test to find out if you are a chemist or really into politics

On This Day in History - September 12, 1909

September 12, 1909 OTD In Germany, chemist Fritz Hofmann (Pictured) applied for a patent for the first successful method of producing synthetic rubber. "A Method for the Preparation of Artificial Rubber" described methods of heat polymerization of isoprene at a temperature under 250 °C (482 °F) to… read more

Died On This Day

May 30, 1946 #OTD Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist who took part in the Manhattan Project. Born and raised in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Slotin earned both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Manitoba, before obtaining his doctorate in… read more

Working on something new

Designing a fanoc for a new cozy game I'm playing called potion permit. What do you think of my chemist?

Slightly

A chemist of things specifically of love, Even tenders of dying flames Shiw resiliency, before there deaths But my heart, seemingly finds dread, we ask to be with someone, As it seeking permission to decay there heart,verbal is binding, So if oaths are in marriage, then I love you is… read more