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C&EN Uncovered

By: Craig Bettenhausen , Mark Feuer DiTusa

The risks and rewards of lithium iron phosphate batteries

March 21, 2023
Episode #47

By: Britt E. Erickson , Kerri Jansen

California confronts monitoring challenges for microplastics in drinking water

February 21, 2023
C&EN Uncovered

By: Craig Bettenhausen , Mark Feuer DiTusa

Why chemists are excited by exascale computing

January 31, 2023
Bonus Episode

By: Gina Vitale and Kerri Jansen

Carolyn Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless chat about sharing the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

December 6, 2022
Bonus Episode

By: Ariana Remmel and Gina Vitale

Bioorthogonal, click chemistry clinch the Nobel Prize

October 5, 2022
Episode #46

By: Matt Blois and Kerri Jansen

Lithium mining’s water use sparks bitter conflicts and novel chemistry

September 13, 2022
Bonus Episode

By: Kerri Jansen and Mitch Jacoby

For John Goodenough’s 100th birthday, Stereo Chemistry revisits a fan-favorite interview with the renowned scientist

July 25, 2022
Bonus Episode

By: Kerri Jansen

Jess Wade on Wikipedia and work-life balance

June 21, 2022
Bonus Episode

By: Kerri Jansen

The sticky science of why we eat so much sugar

May 31, 2022
Bonus Episode

By: Kerri Jansen

There’s more to James Harris’s story

April 27, 2022
Bonus Episode

By: Craig Bettenhausen, Kerri Jansen

The helium shortage that wasn’t supposed to be

March 24, 2022
Episode #45

By: Leigh Krietsch Boerner , Kerri Jansen

Sarah Reisman and Melanie Sanford on how organic chemistry is changing and how they’ve learned to choose priorities

February 15, 2022
Episode #44

By: Jyllian Kemsley , Kerri Jansen

Jose-Luis Jimenez and Kimberly Prather on how public health history has influenced what we know about COVID-19 transmission and lessons for science communication

January 18, 2022
Episode #43

By: Katherine Bourzac , Kerri Jansen

Jessica Ray and William Tarpeh on clean water, turning trash into treasure, and life as assistant professors

December 21, 2021
Episode #42

By: Lisa M. Jarvis , Kerri Jansen

David Liu and Stuart Schreiber on the science that motivates, fascinates, and tells us who we are

November 23, 2021
Bonus Episode

By: Kerri Jansen

Preview Stereo Chemistry’s new season featuring eight chemistry greats

October 26, 2021
Bonus Episode

By: Kerri Jansen, Leigh Krietsch Boerner

Molecule-building tool wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 6, 2021
Bonus Episode

By: Kerri Jansen

Astronaut Leland Melvin’s journey from chemistry to the cosmos

September 21, 2021
Bonus Episode

By: Kerri Jansen

Probing the odor of decomposition at a body farm

AUGUST 24, 2021
Bonus Episode

By: Kerri Jansen

Rare earths’ magic comes at a cost

JULY 27, 2021
Bonus Episode

By: Kerri Jansen

Celebrating LGBTQ+ chemists

JUNE 29, 2021
Episode #41

By: Sam Lemonick, Kerri Jansen

Where did Mars’s water go?

MAY 25, 2021
Episode #40

By: Britt E. Erickson

Reducing toxic metals in food

APRIL 20, 2021
Episode #39

By: Laura Howes

How research on aging could keep us healthier longer

MARCH 23, 2021
Episode #38

By: Lisa M. Jarvis

Nobel laureates Frances Arnold and Jennifer Doudna on prizes, pandemics, and Jimmy Page

FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Episode #37

By: Kerri Jansen, Gina Vitale

Historians decode centuries-old chemical secrets

JANUARY 19, 2021
Episode #36

By: Cheryl Hogue

How will Joe Biden and Kamala Harris steer federal policies that are important to chemists?

DECEMBER 15, 2020
Episode #35

By: Kerri Jansen

The complicated world of grad students, lab injuries, and workers’ compensation

NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Episode #34

By: Craig Bettenhausen

How helium shortages have changed science

OCTOBER 21, 2020
Episode #33

By: Ariana Remmel

Black chemists discuss strategies for dismantling systemic racism in science

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Episode #32

By: Leigh Krietsch Boerner

Chemists debate the value of name reactions in organic chemistry

AUGUST 19, 2020
Episode #31

By: Gina Vitale

A world without Rosalind Franklin

JULY 22, 2020
Bonus Episode

By: Britt E. Erickson

TSCA was reformed 4 years ago. Is the US chemical law living up to expectations?

JUNE 17, 2020
Episode #30

By: Kerri Jansen

What we still don’t know about the chemical culprit in vaping illnesses

MAY 27, 2020
Episode #29

By: Megha Satyanarayana

Diagnose, treat, vaccinate—beating a killer coronavirus

MAY 1, 2020
Bonus Episode

By: Sam Lemonick

The chemist who helped save Apollo 13

APRIL 13, 2020
Episode #28

By: Matt Davenport & Sam Lemonick

Is it high time for high-throughput experimentation?

MARCH 18, 2020
Bonus Episode

By: Lisa M. Jarvis & Rick Mullin

How the coronavirus could disrupt the drug supply

MARCH 10, 2020
Bonus Episode

By: Andrea Widener

6 chemists chat about their policy fellowships in Washington, DC

FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Episode #27

By: Kerri Jansen

5 climate scientists share their reasons for hope

FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Bonus Episode

By: Ryan Cross and Megha Satyanarayana

It's this big, giant brouhaha of pharmaceutical companies

FEBRUARY 3, 2020
Episode #26

By: Bethany Halford

Why do I have to get a flu shot every year?

JANUARY 31, 2020
Bonus Episode

By: Mark Peplow, special to C&EN

All this is happening at Northvolt speed

JANUARY 22, 2020
Episode #25

By: Giuliana Viglione, Kerri Jansen

How do you solve a problem like the ozone hole?

DECEMBER 17, 2019
Episode #24

By: Matt Davenport

Science Storytellers is an outreach program that turns kids into science journalists—without the pesky deadlines

NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Episode #23

By: Sam Lemonick, Kerri Jansen

When rocket chemistry blasted off and came back to Earth

OCTOBER 24, 2019
Episode #22

By: Mitch Jacoby, Kerri Jansen

At 97, lithium-ion battery pioneer John Goodenough says his work is not done

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Episode #21

By: Jyllian Kemsley, Matt Davenport

Building a culture of safety

AUGUST 9, 2019
Episode #20

By: Jyllian Kemsley, Matt Davenport

Lessons learned in lab safety

JULY 24, 2019
Episode #19

By: Kerri Jansen

How new science is extinguishing the subjectivity in fire scene investigations

JUNE 26, 2019
Episode #18

By: Sam Lemonick

How robots are revolutionizing chemical oceanography

MAY 22, 2019
Episode #17

By: Kerri Jansen

Scientists share what it takes to make a superheavy element

APRIL 24, 2019
Episode #16

By: Andrea Widener, Matt Davenport

Real talk with social media sensation Jen Heemstra

MARCH 19, 2019
Episode #15

By: Linda Wang, Matt Davenport

Scientist couples share their stories and struggles

FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Episode #14

By: Lisa M. Jarvis, Ryan Cross

Is this the decade of RNA?

JANUARY 15, 2019
Episode #13

By: Kerri Jansen, Tien Nguyen

Finding fun ways to simplify complicated chemistry concepts

DECEMBER 19, 2018
Episode #12

By: Cici Zhang

How one man changed the course of paper preservation

DECEMBER 7, 2018
Episode #11

By: Kerri Jansen

Chemists share their lab superstitions

OCTOBER 31, 2018
Episode #10

By: Lisa Jarvis

Deborah Blum talks about her new book "Poison Squad"

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
Episode #9

By: Kerri Jansen, Linda Wang, Matt Davenport

Hear the stories of grad students from around the world

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Episode #8

By: Matt Davenport

A chemistry news quiz, live from the 2018 ACS national meeting in Boston

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Episode #7

By: Mark Peplow, special to C&EN

Listen in on X-ray laser science

JULY 27, 2018
Episode #6

By: Lisa M. Jarvis

A quest to drug the undruggable

JUNE 20, 2018
Episode #5

By: Kerri Jansen

Chemical analysis of bones fills gaps in history

MAY 17, 2018
Episode #4

By: Matt Davenport

Stories from the 2018 ACS national meeting in New Orleans

APRIL 30, 2018
Episode #3

By: Tien Nguyen

How chemists are reacting to and interacting with ChemRxiv, chemistry's new preprint server

March 15, 2018
Episode #2

By: Kerri Jansen

What's changed—and what hasn't—about sexual harassment in chemistry

March 8, 2018
Episode #1

By: Matt Davenport

Why metal-organic frameworks are having a moment

February 28, 2018

About Stereo Chemistry

About Stereo Chemistry

Stereo Chemistry takes you beyond the page with its coverage of the molecular world. We’re sharing the voices of chemists worldwide to tell stories that we hope will surprise, inform, and inspire everyone who loves the central science.

If you have feedback for Stereo Chemistry or an idea for our next episode, please write us at cenfeedback@acs.org.

Stereo Chemistry takes you beyond the page with its coverage of the molecular world. We’re sharing the voices of chemists worldwide to tell stories that we hope will surprise, inform, and inspire everyone who loves the central science.

If you have feedback for Stereo Chemistry or an idea for our next episode, please write us at cenfeedback@acs.org.