Young Chemists and Great Discoveries (Kendall, James)

James Young Simpson (1811?1870)

James Young Simpson was one of the first obstetricians to administer anesthesia during childbirth in nineteenth century Scotland. Before his work in the 1800s, physicians had few ways to reduce the pain of childbirth. Simpson experimented with the use of ether and chloroform, both gaseous chemicals, to temporarily relieve pain. He found that those chemicals both successfully inhibited the pain ...

Recent Discoveries of Energetic Young Radio Pulsars

The observed population of young radio pulsars has grown substantially in recent years due to a combination of large-scale surveys and deep targeted searches. Many of the pulsars are associated with supernova remnants and/or unidentified gamma-ray sources. This review summarises the state of play and looks ahead to likely advances in the near future.

Winner of the IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists - Zhipan Liu

The chemical reaction lies at the very heart of chemistry. In spite of its paramount importance, an understanding of chemical reactions still falls short of the chemists’ expectation. Microscopically, chemical reactions are constituted by atomic movements on a typical time scale of several hundreds of picosecond (10 s). It has been a formidable task for chemists to track down a reaction process...

Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870).

Reference and contact details: GB 779 RCSEd JYS 1-1884 Location: RS R1; RS R2; Plans chest Title: James Young Simpson Collection Dates of Creation: 1823-1948 Held at: The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Extent: 1884 items as at 2012. Further material in the RCSEd Museum Name of Creator: Simpson, J Y; Fergusson W; etc Language of Material: English. Some French; some Latin Level of Descrip...

New Hopes and Challenges for Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders: Great Opportunities for Young Neuroscientists