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Ep. 27: The earth is going to be fine; what we're saving is ourselves
Climate change is on the public's mind, thanks in no small part to the efforts of Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and protests and rallies involving …
6 years, 4 months ago
It's this big giant brouhaha of pharmaceutical companies
M&A, the FDA, and an empty elevator.
In this bonus episode, C&EN reporters Ryan Cross and Megha Satyanarayana share their takeaways from their time a…
6 years, 4 months ago
Evolution is kind of the be all end all in the problem of influenza
Episode 26
Although the Wuhan coronavirus is currently dominating headlines across the globe, influenza kills hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each yea…
6 years, 4 months ago
All this is happening at Northvolt speed
Late last year, C&EN contributing editor Mark Peplow toured a new battery company's R&D facility in Sweden. That company, called Northvolt, aims to p…
6 years, 5 months ago
It was like, bam, half the ozone layer over Antarctica is gone
Episode 25
The discovery of the ozone hole in the mid-1980s sent shock waves through the scientific community and society at large. As scientists scrambled to m…
6 years, 6 months ago
Kids are happy to get to ask whatever they want
Episode 24
For its latest episode, Stereo Chemistry handed its recorders over to kid journalists interviewing grown-up chemists about cutting-edge research. Lis…
6 years, 6 months ago
That's a hell of a lot of explosive material
Episode 23
Rocket propellant research had its heyday in the mid-20th century, when the space race and the Cold War meant chemists had plenty of money and long l…
6 years, 8 months ago
I didn't know they were going to be worth billions—A conversation with John Goodenough
Episode 22
Without fail, the name John Goodenough crops up during Nobel Prize season. Many scientists believe he's deserving of chemistry's top honor. The Unive…
6 years, 9 months ago
Culture always starts at the top, but it also starts from the bottom
Episode 21
In our last episode of Stereo Chemistry, we talked to chemists who had survived accidents at the bench to learn what went wrong and what lessons we c…
6 years, 10 months ago
What happens when you take risks?
Episode 20
Research science is full of hazards. Chemists and safety professionals do their best to minimize the danger, but accidents do happen and the stakes c…
6 years, 11 months ago