AAAS annual meeting & plasma chemistry | The chemical breakdown podcast
2/26/202630 min
This week, we discuss reflections from this year's American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting and the latest advances in plasma chemistry with Rebecca Trager and Mason Wakley.
The annual meeting of the AAAS kicked off in Phoenix, on the heels of the recent minibus spending package announcement, as well as the rescinding of the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding. We'll fill you in on some of the conversations that took place that weekend.
And, plasma is often described as the fourth state of matter, but what exactly is it made of? We'll exp...
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[outro music] The annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science took place on Valentine's weekend. We discuss reflections from the event on how science has fared over the past year. And plasma is often described as the fourth state of matter, but what exactly is it? We'll explain and dive into the latest wave of chemistry allowing us to unlock its power. I'm Marianna Kneppers, Chemistry World's science media producer, and this is the Chemical Breakdown. We'll be diving deeper into these stories shortly, but first, let's take a look at this week's news from the Chemistry World website. [outro music] A new study describes a highly enantioselective way to control the notoriously unruly one-two Vittig rearrangement, overturning decades of assumptions about its radical-driven mechanism. This breakthrough demonstrates that even rule-breaking reactions can be guided with precision. The American Association for the Advancement of Science has awarded chemists Martyn Poliakoff and Richard Catlow with this year's David and Betty Hamburg Award for Science Diplomacy. Their consecutive terms as Royal Society foreign secretary helped to forge international collaborations, support early career researchers, and strengthen European science ties. A new three-year project funded by the Nippon Foundation will be led by biogeochemist Andrew