From studying a newly discovered art piece to preventing mold and fungus in old paintings, chemistry and art history often meet and even inspired a new high school curriculum. A few weeks ago, ...

Curator Mark Chalmers reads a book in the Oesper Museum's reproduction 1900s chemistry laboratory at the University of Cincinnati. Like other sciences, chemistry can seem a little cold and detached.

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I have a vague memory of a Chemistry lecture years ago about some ancient empire builder (Alexander the Great?) who coordinated his armies with the help of some chemistry. Basically, there was some ...