C&EN Uncovered: Can 'forever chemicals' be destroyed?

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Bonus: Can we carbon-capture our way out of climate change?

In this episode of Stereo Chemistry's sister podcast, Inflection Point, hosts David Anderson and Gina Vitale travel back in time to understand how we are capturing carbon at the source and removing existing CO2 from our atmosphere. They also bring in C&EN reporters Alex Scott and ...  Show more

Uncovered: The Laser Edge of Cryo-Electron Microscopy

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN Senior Editor, Laurel Oldach, about an ultrabright breakthrough in laser technology that may change the way we look at cry-electron microscopy. You can find the link to the article here. Subscribe to Ster ...  Show more

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