Moungi Bawendi of MIT, one of the 2023 winners of the chemistry Nobel Prize, embraces his step-daughter Julia Teller (left) at their home in Cambridge, Mass. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
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Cake expert Adriana Patterson helps producer Berly McCoy and friends make a yellow cake with buttercream frosting for Short Wave's third birthday. Berly McCoy hide caption
Chemistry Week at Nottingham University. Nigel French - PA Images via Getty Images hide caption
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Benjamin List and David MacMillan, two scientists who pioneered an "elegant" new method of building molecules, known as asymmetric organocatalysis. Fernando Vergara/AP hide caption
Biochemical engineer Frances Arnold receives the Millennium Technology Prize 2016 during the awards ceremony in Helsinki, Finland. Arnold, an American, shares this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two others, another American, George P. Smith and the U.K.'s Sir Gregory P Winter. Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva via AP hide caption
Although consuming cannabis is legal in Colorado and several other states, driving while under the influence of the drug is not. Nick Pedersen/Getty Images hide caption
The winners of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry are displayed on a screen during a press conference to announce the winners at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Wednesday. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
This prototype built by MIT researchers can be reconfigured to manufacture different types of pharmaceuticals. Courtesy of the Allan Myerson lab hide caption
Sir Harold W. Kroto, a winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, gave a lecture on nanoarchitecture in May 2007, in Brussels. "Find something to do where only your best effort will satisfy you," he advised students. Sebastien Pirlet/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Listen: Sir Harry Kroto Was More Than A Nobel Prize Winner
An artist's illustration shows element 117, which has now been officially added to the periodic table of the elements. Kwei-Yu Chu/LLNL hide caption
A chemical hearth recently discovered in the walls of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia dates back to its Jeffersonian origins. Dan Addison/University of Virginia Communications hide caption
It makes our mouth water, but it makes our breath stink. Flickr hide caption
A screenshot of the Why Does Bacon Smell So Good video. American Chemical Society/YouTube hide caption
Vincent Schaefer, one of the General Electric scientists who worked on Project Cirrus in the 1940s, makes snow in the lab using dry ice. General Electric hide caption
Dr. Sawen's Magic Nervine Pills contained calcium, iron, copper and potassium. Despite advertising claiming they were free of lead and mercury, both elements were found in the pills. Courtesy of Mark Benvenuto hide caption