Elmo Brady (1884-1966) was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the U.S. After receiving his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1916, Brady ...

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.

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 ...