Science and Technology Meeting
Events
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Rosalind Franklin: The Triumph and the Tragedy
In 1953, the scientific world was abuzz with the discovery of the structure of DNA by James Watson & Francis Crick, but back then, few were aware that it was[...]
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‘Forever’ Chemicals
‘Forever' Chemicals, otherwise known as PFAs, are a large group of synthetic organic compounds that have been around – literally - since the 1930s, when they were discovered, quite by[...]
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Before Penicillin: Treating Infections in the ‘Olden Days’
Few would argue that the discovery of penicillin, and the antibiotics revolution that followed, was one of the most far-reaching breakthroughs of twentieth-century medical science. But infection treatment itself has[...]
