Editing 1937 in science (section)

==Chemistry==
* [[Carlo Perrier]] and [[Emilio Segrè]] at the [[University of Palermo]] confirm [[Discovery of the chemical elements|discovery of the chemical element]] which will become known as [[Technetium]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Heiserman|first=D. L.|year=1992|title=Exploring Chemical Elements and their Compounds|location=New York|publisher=TAB Books|isbn=978-0-8306-3018-9|chapter=Element 43: Technetium|page=[https://archive.org/details/exploringchemica01heis/page/164 164]|url=https://archive.org/details/exploringchemica01heis|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Nature's Building Blocks: an A-Z Guide to the Elements|last=Emsley|first=John|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2001|isbn=978-0-19-850340-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/naturesbuildingb0000emsl/page/424 424]|url=https://archive.org/details/naturesbuildingb0000emsl|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1038/159024a0|pmid=20279068|title=Technetium: the Element of Atomic Number 43|year=1947|last1=Perrier|first1=C.|last2=Segrè|first2=E.|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|volume=159|issue=4027|page=24|bibcode = 1947Natur.159...24P |s2cid=4136886 }}</ref>
* The [[opioid]] [[Methadone]] is synthesized in Germany by scientists working at [[Hoechst AG]].<ref>{{cite journal|first=M.|last=Bockmuhl|title=Über eine neue Klasse von analgetisch wirkenden Verbindungen|journal=Ann. Chem.|page=561|volume=52|year=1948}}</ref>
* [[Otto Bayer]] and his coworkers at IG Farben in [[Leverkusen]], Germany, first make [[polyurethane]]s.