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...second floor of University Hall was apparent yesterday in more minute ways, as well. In the waiting area outside of his office, science magazines were stacked neatly on several tables. “I subscribe personally to Science and Nature,” said Knowles, a renowned chemist, when asked about their appearance. “Science and Nature continue to come, the only difference is that now I am not allowed the time to read them.” —Staff writer Evan H. Jacobs can be reached at ehjacobs@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Anton...
...Europe has always been a source of innovation in the beauty sector, particularly in fragrance and skin care. Franois Coty made his name by selling fragrance in small, decorative bottles. L'Oral was started by a young Parisian chemist when he invented the first safe synthetic hair color in 1907. Brands like Helena Rubinstein and Este Lauder were founded on skin-care formulas based on East European traditions. More recently, big beauty conglomerates such as L'Oral and Este Lauder have been shopping for new, innovative brands in old, familiar places like France, Spain...
...amazingly slippery, heat-resistant plastic known as Teflon was discovered purely by accident by DuPont chemist Roy Plunkett in 1938. By 1950, the company was making a million pounds annually as a low-friction coating for bearings and gears. In 1960 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it for use in cookware. Today some 60% of all pots and pans in American kitchens are nonstick--to say nothing of muffin pans, cookie sheets, cake pans, deep fryers and waffle irons...
...it’s shocking that not only is it being driven this way by the president and provost, but that the FAS is going along with it.”Also in the summer of 2003, Incoming Interim Faculty Dean Jeremy R. Knowles—the chemist who served as FAS dean from 1991 to 2002—issued a lengthy memo outlining his objections to Summers’ plans for Allston and questioning the wisdom of moving so much science infrastructure across the river. With a new committee led by Buehrens set to unveil a report about science...
DIED. Raymond Davis Jr., 91, chemist who shared the 2002 Nobel Prize for Physics for his arduous experiments in the depths of mines in Ohio and South Dakota that proved the existence of neutrinos--tiny, elusive particles produced by nuclear reactions on the sun; on Long Island...