General Science – Chemistry
Asymmetric Organocatalysis
This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry has been won by two organic chemists who developed asymmetric organocatalysis more than two decades ago by David MacMillan of Princeton University,...
Thallium
Thallium is a metallic chemical element that does not freely occur in nature. It is a grey colored metal that is highly toxic and has been behind numerous...
Camptothecin
Camptothecin is an alkaloid extracted from Nothapodytes nimmoniana, an endangered plant species in India. It is also extracted from the Camptotheca acuminate, a tree species found in China....
Einsteinium
Einsteinium is the element 99 in the periodic table of elements. It was discovered in 1952 in the remnants of the ‘Ivy Mike’ thermonuclear device- the first hydrogen...
Sodium hypochlorite
Sodium hypochlorite is a compound used for large scale water purification, odour removal, disinfection and bleaching. It has the chemical formula of NaClO. In its anhydrous form, the...
ARI Microreactor
Scientists at the Agharkar Research Institute have developed a microreactor for synthesis of large quantities of uniformly sized nanoparticles for biomedical application. Microreactor Microreactor is a device with...
Fish Gill-based Electro-catalyst
Scientists at INST have developed a low cost, bio-inspired electro-catalyst from fish gills for use in energy conversion devices. Electro-catalyst Catalyst is a compound that alters the rate...Nobel Prize 2019: Chemistry
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. These three scientists...
Nobel Prize 2019: Chemistry
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. These three scientists...
Haber–Bosch Process
The Haber–Bosch process is a chemical method used for synthesising ammonia (NH₃) directly from nitrogen (N₂) and hydrogen (H₂) gases under high temperature and pressure in the presence...
Actinium
Actinium is a rare, silvery-white, radioactive metal belonging to the actinide series of the periodic table, with the chemical symbol Ac and atomic number 89. It was the...
