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Lithium mining's water use sparks bitter conflicts and novel chemistry
Episode 46
Replacing gas cars with electric ones is a main pillar of plans to fight climate change. But the lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars come wit…
4 years ago
Bonus: For John Goodenough's 100th birthday, we revisit a fan-favorite interview with the renowned scientist
Famed lithium-ion-battery pioneer and Nobel Prize–winner John Goodenough has achieved yet another milestone—a century on Earth. Goodenough celebrates…
4 years, 2 months ago
Bonus: Jess Wade on Wikipedia and work-life balance
This month, Stereo Chemistry is sharing an episode of the podcast ChemConvos featuring an interview with materials scientist, self-described "Raman s…
4 years, 3 months ago
Bonus: The sticky science of why we eat so much sugar
Our bodies need sugar to survive. But most of us consume way more than we actually need, and many foods and beverages pack a dose of added sweeteners…
4 years, 4 months ago
Bonus: There's more to James Harris's story
Chemists may know James Harris as the first Black scientist to be credited with codiscovering an element. In fact, we referenced this in a previous e…
4 years, 5 months ago
Bonus: The helium shortage that wasn't supposed to be
Helium shortages can derail research and threaten expensive instruments that depend on the gas to operate safely. In late 2020, analysts predicted—an…
4 years, 6 months ago
Sarah Reisman and Melanie Sanford on how organic chemistry is changing and how they've learned to choose priorities
Being a chemistry professor is a juggling act. But sometimes professors have too many balls in the air. How do they know which ones to grab and which…
4 years, 7 months ago
Jose-Luis Jimenez and Kimberly Prather on the intersection of aerosol science and the COVID-19 pandemic
Imagine you're an atmospheric chemist. There's a pandemic. And public health officials release information about how the virus spreads from one perso…
4 years, 8 months ago
Jessica Ray and William Tarpeh on clean water, turning trash into treasure, and life as assistant professors
How do we build water systems that are sustainable and also equitable? On this episode of Stereo Chemistry, Jessica Ray and William Tarpeh talk with …
4 years, 9 months ago
David Liu and Stuart Schreiber on the science that motivates, fascinates, and tells us who we are
Episode 42
What motivates a creative scientific mind? How does an accomplished scientist pinpoint new subjects to explore? How is the field of chemical biology …
4 years, 10 months ago