Happy birthday, Linus Pauling! Every year, the Oregon-born scientist and humanitarian is honored on his birthday at his alma ...

Linus Pauling is the only man to win two unshared Nobel Prizes--in two unrelated category. Awarded the Prize in Chemistry in 1954, he also won the Peace Prize in 1962. Pauling made huge contributions ...

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 ...

One regret I have is not being able to meet Linus Pauling, the biochemist best known in nutrition circles for his views on vitamin C. In the last years of his life, he resided just down the road ...

There have been only five scientists who have won two Nobel Prizes – Polish-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1903, 1911), American scientist Linus Pauling (1954, 1962), American ...

It’s the culmination of a huge journey—in 1931, chemist Linus Pauling wrote in the Journal of the American Chemical Society that he believed it was possible to have a pair of carbon atoms with ...

The American Chemical Society Portland, Puget Sound, and Oregon Local Sections together are accepting nominations for the 2025 Linus Pauling Medal Award until May 2 at 5:00 p.m. (PDT). These local ...

Race car driver Mario Andretti turns 85 and musician Cindy Wilson turns 68, among the famous birthdays for Feb. 28.

One regret I have is not being able to meet Linus Pauling, the biochemist best known in nutrition circles for his views on vitamin C. In the last years of his life, he resided just down the road ...