Stereo Chemistry

This episode explores a Chemical & Engineering News cover story about community opposition to carbon capture and sequestration projects under Lake Maurepas in Louisiana, featuring an interview with reporter Rick Mullin.

This episode explores how chemistry PhD graduates are transitioning from academia to becoming CEOs of startups based on their research, featuring insights from a reporter who followed three founders' journeys.

This episode discusses the challenges of producing green hydrogen through electrolyzers and scaling up manufacturing to decarbonize industries.

This episode revisits the story of James A.

This bonus episode of 'Inflection Point' explores how three seemingly unrelated historical events in chemistry—a 1938 lab accident, a 1963 aquarium filter innovation, and a 1969 basement discovery—serendipitously led to the development of PFAS and its impact on modern technology.

This episode explores ocean alkalinity enhancement as a method to fight climate change by using alkaline substances to help oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, featuring an interview with the reporter who covered recent field trials.

This episode features an interview with Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless discussing their 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry win for contributions to click chemistry and bio-orthogonal chemistry.

This episode explores the science, history, and strange origins of antibiotic resistance, from ancient DNA discoveries to modern research in extreme environments.

This episode explores the historical breakthroughs in genetics that led to modern gene editing technology, tracing discoveries from Gregor Mendel's pea experiments to contemporary research.

This bonus episode of Stereo Chemistry discusses the science behind the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded for computational protein design and protein structure prediction, with insights from C&EN's Executive Editor of Life Sciences.

This episode explores the surprising historical discoveries involving lizard spit and deep-sea angler fish that led to the development of blockbuster GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovi for diabetes treatment.

This episode explores how scientists are developing technologies to extract valuable metals and minerals from seawater, potentially transforming global energy infrastructure.

This episode revisits the story of nuclear chemist James A.

This bonus episode of Stereochemistry features departing executive producer Carrie Jansen reminiscing about her favorite projects, including a memorable segment on helium shortages.

This episode discusses the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for research on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), featuring an interview with a materials science reporter to explain their structure and significance.

This episode explores skeletal editing, a cutting-edge subfield of organic chemistry that involves altering organic molecules by one core heavy atom at a time, with insights from C&EN reporter Brianna Barbu.

This episode explores the challenges of destroying PFAS 'forever chemicals' in the environment, featuring an interview with a C&EN reporter about new technologies and regulatory developments.

This bonus episode features a panel discussion recorded at the ACS Fall Meeting exploring the future of chemistry degrees, including topics like enrollment challenges, industry-academia partnerships, and funding for chemistry programs.

This episode explores the resurgence of small-molecule drugs in pharmaceutical research, featuring an interview with a chemical news editor about their advantages over newer biological therapies.

This episode explores exascale computing and its potential impact on chemistry through a discussion of a recent C&E N cover story with reporter Ari Remmel.

This episode explores the history and physics behind quantum computing, including key scientific discoveries and its potential impact on cybersecurity.

This bonus episode introduces the new podcast Inflection Point, which explores the historical origins and connections of major scientific breakthroughs in chemistry and beyond.

This episode examines two recent environmental disasters in East Palestine, Ohio and Flint, Michigan, discussing the lasting impacts on communities and the chemical contamination issues involved.

This episode features C&EN reporters discussing behind-the-scenes coverage of the 2023 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Medicine, focusing on quantum dots and mRNA vaccine research.

This episode features an interview with Jess Wade about her work creating Wikipedia articles for underrepresented scientists in STEM and her research in materials science.

This episode features organic chemistry professors Sarah Reisman and Melanie Sanford discussing how to shape your career in chemistry by choosing projects you enjoy and managing external pressures.

This episode explores the science behind why people consume excessive sugar, examining its health impacts, genetic factors, and the debate over whether sugar is addictive.

This episode discusses CNN's annual ranking of the top 50 global chemical firms by revenue, exploring why some companies are thriving while others face challenges during an industry downturn.

This bonus episode of Stereochemistry discusses the unexpected resurgence of helium shortages affecting scientific research and industry, despite earlier predictions that such shortages wouldn't recur in the foreseeable future.

This episode explores lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, a cheaper alternative to nickel-based batteries, and discusses companies bringing LFP production to North America.

This episode explores the discovery and impact of microplastics in drinking water, featuring insights from researchers and policy reporters on the regulatory and scientific responses to this emerging public health concern.

This episode explores the potential and challenges of mining valuable minerals from the ocean floor for clean energy technologies, featuring an interview with a reporter who investigated the topic.

This episode explores the creation of an animated graphic novel that traces the history of chemistry funding from ancient alchemy to modern AI, featuring interviews with the editor and illustrator about their research and visual storytelling process.

This episode explores the regulatory challenges and environmental implications of transitioning from horseshoe crab-based endotoxin testing to synthetic alternatives in the pharmaceutical industry.

This episode of C&EN Uncovered features an interview with senior editor Alex Tullo about his series 'From the Archives,' which profiles historical articles from Chemical and Engineering News' 100-year history as part of its centennial celebration.

This episode explores the sustainability challenges of tires, examining their environmental impact from manufacturing to disposal, including greenhouse gas emissions, recycling issues, and potential solutions.

This episode explores the environmental consequences of wastewater treatment facility failures in Baltimore, focusing on how sewage discharges affect aquatic ecosystems in the Chesapeake Bay.

This episode explores whether emerging technologies like genome sequencing, AI, and synthetic biology are ushering in a new golden age of antibiotic discovery by breaking logjams in antimicrobial research.

This episode features an interview with CNN policy reporter Delgar Irstensana about her on-site coverage of the chaotic COP30 climate conference in Brazil, discussing the outcomes, context, and implications.

This bonus episode discusses the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for click chemistry and bio-orthogonal chemistry, featuring explanations of the science and interviews with experts including a new laureate.

Two scientists discuss their transition from bench research to science policy roles, explaining their current work in government and nonprofit sectors.

This bonus episode revisits a previous podcast discussion on the history, chemistry, and future of lithium-ion batteries, including their origins, current challenges like lithium shortages, and potential alternatives.

This episode discusses ongoing indoor air quality monitoring programs in schools in Colorado and Massachusetts, exploring research efforts and regulatory pushes that emerged from COVID-19 concerns.

This episode explores how the rising demand for lithium in batteries for electric vehicles is leading to water-related conflicts and innovative chemistry, focusing on extraction methods in places like Chile's Salar de Atacama.

This bonus episode celebrates John Goodenough's 100th birthday by revisiting a 2019 interview about his battery research career, with updates on his Nobel Prize win and continued scientific work.

This episode explores metal organic frameworks (MOFs), the Nobel Prize-winning materials, through a 2018 interview with chemist Matt Hardings discussing their development and applications like carbon capture.

This episode discusses the EPA's new regulations on solvent waste disposal in academic labs, featuring interviews with reporters who investigated the environmental impact and institutional responses.

Fiona Samuels explains why Hanford's new vitrification plant matters, including how 177 underground tanks hold about 200 million liters of nuclear waste.

Atmospheric chemists Kimberly Prather and Jose-Luis Jimenez discuss their advocacy for COVID-19 as airborne, detailing clashes with public health officials, emotional public interactions, and the personal toll of spreading scientific truth during the pandemic.

This episode features environmental engineers Jessica Ray and William Tarpeh discussing their work in water treatment, including innovative approaches like urine recycling.

This episode features a conversation between chemical biologists David Liu and Stuart Schreiber, introduced by hosts Keri Jansen and Atabay Rodriguez-Penitas, discussing their early experiences and the field's future.

A chemistry podcast featuring conversations between prominent chemists, hosted by C&EN reporters.

This episode covers the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for asymmetric organocatalysis, explaining the science and its impact on medicine.

Keri Jansen frames this Stereo Chemistry feed episode as a republished Third Pod from the Sun interview with former NASA astronaut and former pro football player Leland Melvin.

Stereo Chemistry presents an episode of Orbitals with host Sam Jones and forensic chemist Sherry Forbes about body farms, including the first U.S.

Stereo Chemistry’s "Rare earths' magic comes at a cost (Part 2)" follows Distillations host Alexis Pedrick, co-host Lisa Berry-Drago, and guest Mitch Jacoby as they explain how rare earth demand shifted pollution and health damage onto places like Bayan Obo and Baotou in Inner Mongolia.

Keri Jansen and CNN reporter Mitch Jacoby introduce Distillations' two-part story on rare earth elements, the 17 elements used in iPhones, wind turbines, lasers, electric car motors, and medical imaging devices.

Stereo Chemistry shares voices and stories from the world of chemistry, and this episode features an interview with a queer chemist from the show My Fave Queer Chemist.

This episode explores Rosalind Franklin's overlooked contribution to the discovery of DNA's structure on her 100th birthday.

This episode discusses the COVID-19 pandemic from a chemistry perspective, featuring an interview with a reporter covering biological chemistry and pharma.

An interview with John Goodenough about his career and the development of the lithium-ion battery.

This episode discusses the impact of the human genome project on disease treatment and the challenges of developing drugs based on genetic insights.