On 20 August 1897 Nobel Prize laureate Ronald Ross discovered the link between mosquitos and malaria transmission.
"The work, was most exhausting, and so blinding that I could scarcely see afterwards," he wrote in his notebook.
#NobelPrize
Medicine laureate Tu Youyou discovered artemisinin β an anti-malarial that has saved the lives of millions of people worldwide. Tu not only found a way to extract artemisinin from a traditional Chinese medicine, she also tested the new drug on herself to speed up development.
There will be a partial solar eclipse over the UK tomorrow morning.
The eclipse starts at 10.08am and will reach maximum at 11.14am
You will need eye protection to view it safely and it may be visible through thin cloud.
The sun will appear to have had a bite taken out of it.
Physics required practical bringing out the artistic and problem-solving sides of year 10. The pink Maserati has been put into therapy, apparently as it kept driving off the edge. @MaseratiGB
On 28 April 1962 Linus Pauling (shown left, holding sign) joined protesters in front of the White House to protest against the testing of nuclear weapons. The chemistry laureate was awarded the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize for his fight against the nuclear arms race.