The work of Black scientists has led to discoveries that ... Percy Lavon Julian was a pioneering chemist known for his groundbreaking research on the synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.
Jewel Plummer Cobb was a cancer researcher who investigated how hormones, ultraviolet light and chemotherapeutic drugs can ...
Black History Month is a good time to celebrate notable Black scientists, like Katherine Johnson, Benjamin Banneker, and more.
The senior at Roosevelt High School in Washington, D.C., just wants to get a Ph.D. in chemistry and become a scientist. But the odds are against her, for one simple reason: Campbell is black. The ...
The first Black graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, Oscar Thompson, studied zoology, as did trailblazing Longhorn ...
The science community and the South African government have expressed shock over nuclear scientist Senamile Masango's sudden ...
Scientists have developed a material called Vantablack that absorbs 99.965% of visible light. Vantablack is considered the blackest black in existence! This activity is adapted from an activity that ...