UNESCO launch of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements

The International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements was launched on 29 January at UNESCO’s Headquarters (Room I). Events and activities will be held throughout the year to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the organization of the periodic table by Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev, one of the fathers of modern chemistry. The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, opened the event with Mikhail Kotyukov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Pierre Corvol, President of France’s Académie des Sciences, and Andrey Guryev, CEO of PhosAgro. The event brought together…

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