Visitors to the university’s Linus Pauling Institute are treated to appetizers, birthday cake, a tour of the labs and a toast to the man himself. “It’s a time to celebrate Pauling ...

The self-taught chemist. Linus Pauling's lifelong fascination with chemistry was ignited during childhood by a friend's chemistry set. He was born on February 28, 1901, in Portland, Oregon, to a ...

In the 1980s, Bland worked for two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, where the focus was on determining what role, if any, vitamins and ...

Author of The Nature of the Chemical Bond. Recognized as the father of molecular biology. Discovered sickle cell anemia was a molecular disease, opening the way toward examining genetically acquired ...