All articles by Andrea Sella – Page 5

Opinion
Svedberg’s ultracentrifuge

2019-06-04T09:31:00Z

The innovation that led to a Nobel prize
Opinion
Geissler’s glassware

2019-05-02T09:30:00Z

How the supreme glassblower of his day shows the value of technical staff
Opinion
Verneuil’s rubies

2019-03-29T09:30:00Z

How French chemists perfected the art of making gemstones
Opinion
King Edgar’s standards

2019-03-07T11:18:00Z

How a Saxon monarch is still influencing chemistry labs
Opinion
The Likens-Nickerson Apparatus

2019-02-05T09:30:00Z

Tracking down an obscure kit’s creator can make you hopping mad
Opinion
Nicholson’s Aereometer

2018-12-17T09:19:00Z

The forgotten discoverer of electrolysis returns to the spotlight
Opinion
The Koflers’ hotbench

2018-12-04T09:25:00Z

Why do we bother with melting point measurements?
Opinion
Descroizilles’ Berthollimêtre

2018-11-01T09:30:00Z

The story of how a French chemist discovered titration
Opinion
Argand’s lamp

2018-10-04T10:30:00Z

The innovation that gave light to the world
Opinion
Couette’s cell

2018-09-06T15:30:00Z

Maurice Marie Alfred Couette, French physicist (1858-1943) and pioneer in fluid dynamics
Opinion
Le Rossignol’s valve

2018-08-07T10:30:00Z

The forgotten British contribution to the Haber–Bosch process
Opinion
Simon’s electrodes

2018-07-04T12:00:00Z

The twisting tale of how ion-selective electrodes were developed
Opinion
Gattermann’s cookbook

2018-06-06T09:00:00Z

The story of the man whose chemistry textbook saved Primo Levi’s life
Opinion
Heyrovský’s drops

2018-05-01T09:00:00Z

The Nobel-winning invention that changed electrochemistry
Opinion
Knudsen's gauge

2018-04-03T09:00:00Z

The kit that showed you could trust the atom
Opinion
Czochralski’s pulley

2018-03-08T10:00:00Z

The inkwell accident that led to solid-state transistors
Podcast
Oganesson

2018-02-15T12:00:00Z

Meet Yuri Oganessian, the elemental explorer forever immortalised on the periodic table
Podcast
Livermorium

2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Meet the Mayor of Livermore, California, and discover how his city has been immortalised on the periodic table
Opinion
Cremer’s electrode

2018-02-01T10:00:00Z

The kit that brought pH measurement into reality
Opinion
Melloni’s thermomultiplier

2018-01-09T09:00:00Z

How measuring radiant heat gave birth to climate science