Interesting food chemistry story. Also implicitly a story about plant breeding. Many crops have different cultivars not just for different climates, but for different uses. #PlantBreeding#Chemistry#Food
British chemist and physicist William Crookes died #OTD in 1919.
He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875. This was a foundational discovery that eventually changed the whole of chemistry and physics. His experiments with cathode rays laid the groundwork for the discovery of the electron by J.J. Thomson. He is credited with discovering the element thallium, announced in 1861, with the help of spectroscopy.
Some egregious #AI art is now appearing in figures of peer-reviewed papers. But let’s take a moment to remember that #chemistry table of contents (TOC) graphics have always been completely unhinged!
These are all from the TOC graphics of real peer-reviewed papers in legit journals, most preceding the current AI hype cycle.
Black velvet #malachite display piece looking phenomenal in this light. Don't you just want to reach out and pet it like a precious little kitten? Very good looking piece.