Chinese New Year is also known as the Spring Festival, or Chūnjié in Mandarin, and it usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice. In the latest edition of Periodic Graphics in C&EN, we look at some of the celebration’s customs and the chemistry behind them. Click through to the C&EN site to see the full graphic.
Many consumers have developed a taste for plant-based meat alternatives in the past decade. In the latest edition of Periodic Graphics in Chemical & Engineering News, we look at what these alternatives are made from and how chemistry is used to improve their appearance and flavour. View the full graphic on the C&EN site.
December is here, and that means it’s Chemistry Advent season! It’s been a few years since I’ve put together a new edition, but it’s back this year with the theme “A Festive Food Journey Around the World.”
Disabled scientists are still vastly underrepresented in the sciences. With Enable Science, and with the help of a grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Inclusion and Diversity Fund, we’ve produced a series of twelve graphics highlighting the amazing science being done by disabled scientists across the UK. Each poster highlights some of the challenges and accommodations needed to do science alongside being disabled, but also the scientists’ contributions to science.
Confectioners produce around 9 billion pieces of candy corn every year, according to the US National Confectioners Association, with a significant chunk of this consumed by trick-or-treaters. In the latest edition of Periodic Graphics in C&EN, we look at what candy corn is made of and the chemistry behind its vibrant colours. View the full graphic on the C&EN site.
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
