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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, 3 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, 4 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, 5 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, 6 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, 7 months ago
Preview: New season coming on Nov. 23
Season 1
Stereo Chemistry's new season will launch on Nov. 23, featuring eight chemistry greats in conversation with . . . each other. In each episode, two se…
4 years, 7 months ago
Molecule-building tool wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Benjamin List and David W. C. MacMillan for their development of asymmetric organocatalysis, which has prov…
4 years, 8 months ago
Astronaut Leland Melvin's journey from chemistry to the cosmos
This month, Stereo Chemistry is sharing an episode of Third Pod from the Sun, a podcast from the American Geophysical Union, featuring an interview w…
4 years, 9 months ago
BONUS: How body farms can help solve cases
This month, Stereo Chemistry is sharing an episode of Orbitals that features an interview with forensic chemist Shari Forbes, an expert in human deco…
4 years, 10 months ago
Rare earths' magic comes at a cost (Part 2)
(Part 2/2) This month, Stereo Chemistry is sharing a pair of episodes from Distillations, a podcast from the Science History Institute. We rely on r…
4 years, 10 months ago