Uncovered: Plastics Pyrolysis Under Fire

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN correspondant, Alexander Tullo and senior editor Leigh Kreitsch Boerner, about their articles exploring the policy, science, and tribulations of plastics pyrolysis. You can find their articles here and here. Subscribe to Stereo Chemistry now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Credits Executive producer: David Anderson Host: Craig Bettenhausen Reporters: Leigh Kreitsch Boerner, Alexander Tullo Video + Audio Producer: David Anderson, Jeremy Barr Music: Commercial Flow, Shutterstock Contact Stereo Chemistry: Contact us on social media at @cenmag or email [email protected].

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN reporter, Rowan Walrath and UX designer Shea Murphy, about their article exploring the top cities in the Chemical Industry. They dive into subjects ranging from the hard data to the tools used during the article design process. You can find their article here. Subscribe to Stereo Chemistry now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Credits Executive producer: David Anderson Host: Craig Bettenhausen Reporter: Rowan Walrath UX Designer: Shea Murphy Video + Audio Producer: David Anderson, Jeremy Barr Music: Commercial Flow, Shutterstock Contact Stereo Chemistry: Contact us on social media at @cenmag or email [email protected].

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of ACS, C&EN is convening perspectives across two panel discussions to explore how chemistry societies might support science into the future. As chemistry remains the "central science," AI, climate change, and a shifting global landscape are some of the factors putting these institutions under pressure to adapt. This is an opportunity to hear from global industry leaders as they explore what the future for communities of science might look like. Subscribe to Stereo Chemistry now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Executive producer: David Anderson Hosts: Nick Ishmael-Perkins, Liam Conlon Panelists: Andre Argenton, Lee Ellen Drechsler, Debra Luffer-Atlas, Jeffrey Whitford Audio Producer: Jeremy Barr Episode artwork: American Chemical Society Music: Shutterstock Contact Stereo Chemistry: Contact us on social media at @cenmag or email [email protected].

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri B. Kagan at Paris-Saclay University and Kenso Soai at the Tokyo University of Science for their work on manipulating the synthesis of chiral molecules. C&EN reporter Bri Barbu joins host Gina Vitale to discuss what these chemists discovered, how their insights are now applied to medicines, and how their work shed light on the origin of life itself. Bri's story on the Chem Nobel: https://cen.acs.org/people/nobel-prize/chemistry-nobel-chirality-kagan-soai/104/web/2026/10 More about Donna Blackmond: https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/origins-of-life/closer-understanding-origins-biological-homochirality/104/web/2026/05 C&EN's story on the physiology or medicine prize: https://cen.acs.org/people/nobel-prize/nobel-2026-physiology-medicine/104/web/2026/10 C&EN's story on the physics prize: https://cen.acs.org/people/nobel-prize/nobel-prize-physics-halzen-neutrino-icecube/104/web/2026/10 Audio Producer: Jeremy Barr Music: Shutterstock Reporter: Bri Barbu Host: Gina Vitale Contact Stereo Chemistry on social media at @cenmag or email [email protected].

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of ACS, C&EN is convening perspectives across two panel discussions to explore how chemistry societies might support science into the future. As chemistry remains the "central science," AI, climate change, and a shifting global landscape are some of the factors putting these institutions under pressure to adapt. This is an opportunity to hear from global thought leaders as they explore what the future for communities of science might look like. Subscribe to Stereo Chemistry now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Executive producer: David Anderson Hosts: Nick Ishmael-Perkins, Liam Conlon Panelists: Kate Biberdorf, Mathieu Denis, Rao Kotamarthi, Jennifer Schwartz Poehlmann Audio Producer: Jeremy Barr Episode artwork: American Chemical Society Music: Shutterstock Contact Stereo Chemistry: Contact us on social media at @cenmag or email [email protected].  

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN Editors, Fionna Samuels and Brianna Barbu, about their contributions to C&EN's Space Package and how sustainability and geochemistry will have an effect on humanity's future space endeavors. You can find their articles here and here. Subscribe to Stereo Chemistry now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Credits Executive producer: David Anderson Host: Craig Bettenhausen Reporter: Laurel Oldach Video + Audio Producer: David Anderson, Jeremy Barr Music: Commercial Flow, Shutterstock Contact Stereo Chemistry: Contact us on social media at @cenmag or email [email protected].  

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 Fionna Samuels to explain how CO2-scrubbing technology from a 19th-century submarine is still basically used today and how making the ocean more basic might help us mitigate our emissions. C&EN's award-winning podcast Inflection Point leans on our 100-year archive to trace headline topics in science today back to their disparate and surprising roots. In each episode, we explore three lesser-known moments in science history that ultimately led us to current-day breakthroughs. With help from expert C&EN reporters, this show examines how discoveries from our past have shaped our present and will change our future. Subscribe to Inflection Point now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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 Stereo Chemistry now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Credits: Executive producer: David Anderson Host: Craig Bettenhausen Reporter: Laurel Oldach Video + Audio Producer: David Anderson, Jeremy Barr Music: Commercial Flow, Shutterstock Contact Stereo Chemistry: Contact us on social media at @cenmag or email [email protected].  

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN Editor, Matt Blois, about an article he wrote regarding recent sustainable breakthroughs in Rare Earth Mining. Together, they talk about these claims as well as the potential future of mining for rare earth materials crucial to our technology. You can find the link to the article here. Subscribe to Stereo Chemistry now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. CORRECTION: This episode description was updated on July 20, 2026, to correct the reporter's name in the credits. It is Matt Blois, not Ananya Palivela. Credits Executive producer: David Anderson Host: Craig Bettenhausen Reporter: Matt Blois Video + Audio Producer: David Anderson, Jeremy Barr Music: Commercial Flow, Shutterstock Contact Stereo Chemistry: Contact us on social media at @cenmag or email [email protected].

In this episode, hosts David Anderson and Gina Vitale travel as far back as ancient Egypt to unearth the wide-ranging uses of retinol. They also bring in C&EN reporter Craig Bettenhausen to discuss why retinol is such a powerhouse molecule for skin care, and they hear from a contraceptives researcher about how an early candidate for a birth control pill for men affected the retinol pathway. C&EN's award-winning podcast Inflection Point leans on our 100-year archive to trace headline topics in science today back to their disparate and surprising roots. In each episode, we explore three lesser-known moments in science history that ultimately led us to current-day breakthroughs. With help from expert C&EN reporters, this show examines how discoveries from our past have shaped our present and will change our future. Subscribe to Inflection Point now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.