On the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia, new archaeological evidence suggests that the struggling colony may have been a center of chemical investigation. Read more >>
Archaeology and the Birth of the American Chemical Enterprise
As early as the 16th century, England set its sights on the Americas as a place of chemical discovery.
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Suspended in Orbit
Dudley Saville waited six years to send his experiment on the electrohydrodynamic properties of suspensions into space. The space shuttle Columbia's Life and Microgravity Spacelab gave him that chance. Read more >>
Cannabinoids: A Secret History
When the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act effectively ended legal commerce of that drug, over a century's use in organized medicine came to a close. Read more >>
Driving Forces
E. N. Brandt: Saving Dow's History After 20 years of watching The Dow Chemical Company make history, one man began to preserve it. Read more >>
History in the Making
Monitoring Our Chemical Bodies Scientists face challenges dealing with the information government biomonitoring provides. Read more >>
