Physical attraction, infatuation and affection are the three main phases of love. Not all relationships go through all of them, but there’s a series of chemical phenomena that explain why love is a drug. The Seville House of Science, an institution under the CSIC, has organised a workshop to explain what love is and why […]
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Ernesto Carmona, a referent for European Chemistry
When he was just a young researcher, Ernesto Carmona worked in the Royal College of London with Geoffrey Wilkinson, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1973 for his studies about organometallic chemistry. “My whole career is based on those three years I spent with him”, explains Carmona. Today, after a prosperous career, he is an […]
Margarita Paneque, a vocation for science focused on the fundamentals of green chemistry
Margarita Paneque assures that Chemistry isn’t boring at all. Research is like a police novel for her, a rational and fun challenge. This researcher from the Institute for Chemical Research in Seville received the National Award given by The Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry.
Pedro Pérez, knowledge at the service of society through sustainable chemistry
He is part of an exclusive group of chemists: those who have achieved Fellow status at the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK. The Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Huelva Pedro Pérez was recognised with this honour last year, and now the same institution has distinguished his significant contribution to the […]