IUPAC’s commitment to supporting the norms of disarmament and non-proliferation of chemical weapons has been exemplified through their work in collaboration with and in support of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Jonathan Forman, Science Policy Adviser and Secretary to the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board and Mark C. Cesa, 2014-2015 IUPAC President…
Congratulations again to all awardees of the IUPAC100 Periodic Table of Younger Chemists. This video review of all 118 elements is quite a birthday present to IUPAC! #PTChemists
The year 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of IUPAC and also the 150th anniversary of the development of the Periodic Law of the Elements. To celebrate these anniversaries, IUPAC is hosting an online, global challenge about the Periodic Table of the Elements. With thousands of players from 120 countries have already participated in this activity,…
And the final six element awardees were announced 8 July 2019 at the IUPAC Congress in Paris during a special IUPAC 100 session: Nozomi Sato of Japan for her representation of nihonium. Sato is Adjunct Researcher at Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, RIKEN. Sato & co-discoverers achieved synthesis of element 113 in reaction Bi-209 + Zn-70….
The following elements were announced 6 June 2019 at the 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, (CCCE 2019), 6 June 2019, in Québec City: Nimart Obhi of Canada for her representation of hassium. Nimart is PhD candidate at the University of Toronto; her research focuses on the synthesis and properties of new multidimensionally-architectured semiconducting organic polymers….
The following elements were announced 2 June 2019 at the 14th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC19) in Lecce, Italy: Clarice Phelps for her representation of einsteinium. Clarice is a researcher and project manager at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL , USA. Her research has contributed to the discovery of the element…
Congratulations to our May Awardees Siba Moussa, from Syria, PhD candidate at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, for her representation of technetium Thomas Hermans, assistant professor at Strasbourg University, France, for his representation of francium Johanna Irrgeher, senior scientist at Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria, for her representation of astatine Tejas Joshi, from India, Alexander von Humboldt fellow at Kiel University,…
While IUPAC was present this week in Tanzania for the Summer School on Green Chemistry (see “IUPAC for Africa”), local participation in the Periodic Table Challenge took roots. IUPAC100 is pleased to welcome these participants as the 110th Country/Territory and 17th in Africa to join in. So far 110 countries over 40000 Challenges taken 6000 Certificates issued…
Released today in advance of the celebrations of the “World Metrology Day” this coming May 20, this story about the New SI provides a succinct update of why the International System of Units is getting a makeover and how it affects chemists in the lab everyday. The changes agreed upon last year by the General…
