Two new compounds have been identified in museum samples of mauveine, the distinctive purple dye that serendipitously launched the synthetic dye industry and the start of global industrialization 150 ...

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Two new compounds have been found in museum samples of mauveine, the distinctive purple dye that serendipitously launched the synthetic dye industry 150 years ago (Chem. Commun., DOI: 10.1039/b618926a ...

Today's Google Doodle honors chemist Sir William Henry Perkin, who accidentally discovered the purple dye mauveine while trying to synthesize an anti-malarial drug. During the spring of 1856, most ...

We live in a world filled with colours. And as if the colours available naturally aren’t enough, we also synthesise them artificially in order to add them wherever we find appropriate. We’ll have to ...

Born on March 12, 1838, William Henry Perkin is remembered in history for accidentally discovering“mauveine,” the first synthetic dye. Google today is celebrating the 180th birthday of British chemist ...

Google commemorated Sir William Henry Perkin with a homepage doodle on Monday, marking what would have been the British chemist’s 180th birthday. Perkin was famed for his creation of “mauveine” in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Until the mid-1800s, purple clothing was difficult to come by and ...

Today on Google's home page is a special Google logo, a Google Doodle, for the British Chemist who accidental discovered the first aniline dye: the purple mauveine, Sir William Henry Perkin. It would ...