On December 5, the Official Closing Ceremony for the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT) was held place in Tokyo, Japan. In addition to Professor Natalia Tarasova, IUPAC Past President and IYPT Management Committee Co-Chair, several IUPAC officers attended the ceremony, including Professor Qi-Feng Zhou, IUPAC President and Professor Chris Brett, IUPAC Vice President….
In the context of IUPAC’s 2019 centenary celebration in Paris, Peter Mahaffy and Steven Matlin look back on how the world has changed over IUPAC’s first one hundred years, and then look forward to the complex and rapid ways in which society and the environment are changing as we enter IUPAC’s second century. In this…
An initiative of KNCV, Eye-openers is an online stage for talented young (and not so young) scientists. Here they tell about their research, what’s it about, what inspires them and what they’re dreaming of. In clear language, visually stunning and in one minute only. Especially if you’re interested in science (and realize, of course, that things…
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 130 countries already participated in this activity, this online…
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….
