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C&EN Uncovered: Can altering ocean chemistry fight climate change?
Can climate catastrophe be stymied by tweaking seawater chemistry?
In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN report…
1 year ago
C&EN Uncovered: Turning tides for endotoxin testing
The drug industry may finally phase out using horseshoe crab blood. What took so long?
In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen sp…
1 year, 2 months ago
Bonus episode: Introducing Inflection Point
The new podcast Inflection Point leans on C&EN's 100-year archive to trace headline topics in science today back to their disparate and surprising r…
1 year, 2 months ago
C&EN Uncovered: Indoor air monitoring goes to school
Episode 14
The COVID-19 pandemic put the importance of indoor air quality in stark relief. The air in schools was of particular concern, and that concern spurre…
1 year, 6 months ago
Stereo Chemistry: How the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was won
On Oct. 9, the 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M. Jumper for their work in prediction and design …
1 year, 7 months ago
C&EN Uncovered: PhD to CEO, how chemistry entrepreneurs are making the jump
Episode 13
In the 20th century, corporate powerhouses like Bell Labs and DuPont Central Research funded R&D from their balance sheets, creating a clear path for…
1 year, 8 months ago
C&EN Uncovered: Solvent Waste Levels, EPA Regulations, and Disposal
Episode 12
On average, from 2011 to 2021, academic labs generated around 4,300 metric tons of hazardous waste each year. One of the largest lab-used solvents di…
1 year, 9 months ago
C&EN Uncovered: Ongoing tragedies in Flint and East Palestine
Episode 11
Tragedies in the communities of Flint, Michigan, and East Palestine, Ohio, continue to affect residents 10 years and 1 year on, respectively, from th…
1 year, 11 months ago
C&EN Uncovered: Can 'forever chemicals' be destroyed?
Episode 10
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a class of chemicals known as PFAS, are often called "forever chemicals" because of how long they persist in the…
2 years, 1 month ago
C&EN Uncovered: The small-molecule drug renaissance
Episode 9
As the science of drug discovery has grown in scale and gotten more complicated, so have the drug molecules themselves. But there's a promising class…
2 years, 4 months ago