Distillations magazine
Unexpected Stories from Science’s Past
Inventions & Discoveries
Tools and technology that changed the world
Aluminum: Common Metal, Uncommon Past
Now ubiquitous and vital to modern life, aluminum was once more expensive than gold, locked away in its ore without a commercially viable method to release it.
Patterning the World: The Rise of Chemically Amplified Photoresists
The rise of the digital age depended on integrated circuits made with new materials and techniques that could both increase performance and drive down cost.
Mendeleev’s Legacy: The Periodic System
Mendeleev’s greatest achievement was not the periodic table so much as the recognition of the periodic system on which it was based.