From antibiotic resistance to Roaring Twenties poisonings to body farms, you can find chemistry—and a good story—anywhere. Every month writer and host, Sam Jones, PhD, takes on a chemistry tale you didn't know you needed to know.
Orbitals
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From antibiotic resistance to Roaring Twenties poisonings to body farms, you can find chemistry—and a good story—anywhere. Every month writer and host, Sam Jones, PhD, takes on a chemistry tale you didn't know you needed to know.
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December 30, 2021
A Bittersweet Farewell and Enthusiastic Hello: A New Science Podcast Is Headed Your Way!
<p>We have some bittersweet news: Orbitals is coming to a close.</p> <p>BUT there’s a new science podcast headed your way in 2022! It’s called Tiny Matters, and it's a show about things small in size but big in impact.</p> <p>Every other Wednesday, hosts Sam Jones and Deboki Chakravarti uncover the little stuff that makes the big stuff possible, answering questions like, “how does our brain form memories?” and “why haven’t we terraformed Mars yet?"</p> <p>The first full episode drops on Wednesday, January 26, 2022.</p> <p>Check it out! <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tiny-matters/id1599757941">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tiny-matters/id1599757941</a> </p>
December 29, 2021
🧪 Solutions 112 | The Sweet Chemistry of Vanilla Memories
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If there’s one flavor you can always count on, it’s vanilla. Sweet, creamy, and nostalgic, it comes from a creeping orchid vine. But with increased demand, scientists are finding new ways to make it, including starting from an unexpected plant…rice!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Solutions is made with funding and featuring scientists from 3M, Ascend Performance Materials, Baker Hughes, BASF, Dow, DuPont, Procter & Gamble, PPG, Royal DSM, SABIC, Solvay, and W. L. Gore & Associates, none of whom influenced any editorial decisions.</span></p>
December 2, 2021
🧪 Solutions 111 | A Walk Among the Sponges
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Think the science behind sponges must be boring? You’re so, so wrong. Shrink down to the microscopic level with us and take a walk among sponges designed to keep bacteria alive, clean with just water, and literally cut through your holiday cleaning.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Solutions is made with funding and featuring scientists from 3M, Ascend Performance Materials, Baker Hughes, BASF, Dow, DuPont, Procter & Gamble, PPG, Royal DSM, SABIC, Solvay, and W. L. Gore & Associates, none of whom influenced any editorial decisions.</span></p>
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