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By Nobelprize.org

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino ‘for the development of lithium-ion batteries’ such as those used in electric cars and mobile phones. Read more about the science Nobel prizes in this issue.

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Metals I have known

By Geoffrey R. Scollary
As we come to the close of the International Year of the Periodic Table, this column is a reflection on the metals in wine with which I have...

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More meaty chemistry

By Ian D. Rae
At about the time that I received the LEMCO cook book that I described in my last Letter (September/October p. 41), there were two other events...

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Potassium

By Jessica McCourt

Storytelling brings people closer together. Conceived by the RACI in recognition of the International Year of the Periodic Table, Stories from the Periodic Table collects, publishes and celebrates the personal connections we have to the periodic table and its elements.

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Manganese

By Ivo Rolf Seitenzahl

Storytelling brings people closer together. Conceived by the RACI in recognition of the International Year of the Periodic Table, Stories from the Periodic Table collects, publishes and celebrates the personal connections we have to the periodic table and its elements.

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