This week, the American Chemical Society held a national meeting in Orlando, Florida, giving a chance for thousands of chemistry professionals to present their latest work, including storing information in polymers, instructional lab experiments performed in virtual reality, and efforts to create a transparent, heat-storing material from wood.
SciFri director Charles Bergquist attended the meeting and joins Ira to share some highlights in this week’s News Roundup. They’ll also talk about some of the other news from the week in science, including an independent confirmation of methane observations on the surface of Mars.
See a video of the transparent wood in action:
Further Reading
- Learn more about the spring 2019 meeting of the American Chemical Society.
- See research presented at the meeting of the ACS about storing information in polymers.
- Discover more about transparent wood.
- Check out the meeting session about virtual organic chemistry labs.
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As Science Friday’s director, Charles Bergquist channels the chaos of a live production studio into something sounding like a radio program. Favorite topics include planetary sciences, chemistry, materials, and shiny things with blinking lights.
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