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Aug. 22, 2008
Chemistry News Roundup
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| From boosting hydrogen production and protecting micro spacecraft to curing a bad hair day -- chemistry is all around us. In this segment, we'll get a roundup of research being presented at this week's American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia. We'll hear about work being done on improving ways to extract hydrogen from ethanol using advanced catalysts, research into a newly-discovered taste sense for calcium, and even what's going on at a chemical level when someone applies conditioner to frizzy hair. |
Produced by Molly Webster
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Aaron Rowe
Journalist for WIRED Science
San Francisco, California -
Umit Ozkan
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
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Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction
by Annalee Newitz
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