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Robert Boyle sets his sights on 17th Century alchemy, refining it into the cornerstone of modern-day chemistry. Source: https://en.unesco.org/courier/yanvar-mart-2011-g/chemistry-how-it-all-started -
Albert Einstein uses chemistry to prove atomic theory, a theory that sparked an intense boom in chemical and atomic studies. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_chemistry#20th_century -
Nuclear scientists Ernest Rutherford, Hans Geiger, and Ernest Marsden conduct the famous gold-foil experiment, cementing the idea that all atoms have a nucleus as well as orbiting electrons. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_chemistry#20th_century -
Alexander Fleming discovers a new use for the mold penicillin, now a drug used worldwide in simple antibiotics. Source: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/flemingpenicillin.html#:~:text=In%201928%2C%20at%20St.,number%20of%20deaths%20from%20infection. -
The electron microscope, an integral tool for atomic research, is invented by Ernst Ruska and Max Knoll. Source:
https://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences/History-of-the-Electron-Microscope.aspx#:~:text=It%20was%20Ernst%20Ruska%20and,was%20possible%20with%20electron%20microscopy. -
Gerhard Domagk invents the first antibiotics after observing the antibacterial properties of red dye. Source: https://en.unesco.org/courier/yanvar-mart-2011-g/chemistry-how-it-all-started -
The Manhattan Project, a series of scientific studies conducted that created the first nuclear bombs, was initiated within America. Source: https://www.britannica.com/event/Manhattan-Project -
German chemist Otto Hahn is awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery of nuclear fission. Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Otto-Hahn -
The Chernobyl Nuclear disaster occurs; all nuclear plants and institutes now have intense fortification and utmost precision within. Source: https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/chernobyl-accident.aspx -
The first strain of Covid-19 is discovered; worldwide panic ensues, the World Health Organization begins work on a vaccine. Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
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