The two states of water & science sleuths | The chemical breakdown podcast

Marianna Kneppers· Host0:00

[gentle music] A recent study from researchers at Stockholm University has found the existence of a critical point in supercooled water, proving the existence of the two-state model. How did they do it, and what does this mean for our understanding of this fundamental substance? And in the growing age of disinformation, how can we equip ourselves to discern fact from false data? We discuss the latest wave of science sleuths aiming to provide us the tools. 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. [gentle music] A large-scale analysis published last month has found that research papers that list Chinese institutions account for more than half of the retractions across 10 academic publishers. The study, which has yet to be peer reviewed, examined 46,000 retractions between 1997 and 2026 that were indexed by the Retraction Watch database. Committees within the European Chemicals Agency are supporting an EU-wide restriction on the production, marketing, and use of PFAS. This marks a major step in dealing with these forever chemicals, with regulatory measures that are currently in place deemed insufficient to control PFAS emissions, according to a statement released