Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions
103 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 10 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsTaking inspiration from trees, scientists have developed a battery made from a sliver of wood coated with tin that shows promise for becoming a tiny, long-lasting, efficient and environmentally friendly energy source. Their report on the device — 1,000 times thinner than a sheet of paper — appears in the journal Nano Letters.
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Episode 3 – Confronting Climate Change (Part 1): Stopgap measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
July 23, 2008 14:00 - 1.3 MBConfronting global climate change by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Neurowaxx and oldDog (ccmixter.org); Creative Commons licensed audio from freesound.iua.upf.edu includes sounds by ERH, WIM, acclivity, Charel Sytze and Twisted Lemon.
Episode 2 – The Crisis in Clean Water (Part 2): Water Desalination
July 14, 2008 14:00 - 1.3 MBHow chemists are using desalination to provide a thirsty world with clean drinking water. Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com); Creative Commons licensed audio from freesound.iua.upf.edu includes sounds by Slanesh, luffy, Megamart, pushtobreak, duckboy80, kjackson and fogma.
Episode 1 – The Crisis in Clean Water (Part 1): Water Purification
June 16, 2008 14:00 - 1.3 MBHow chemists are providing a thirsty world with clean drinking water. Intro theme and music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), teru and Neurowaxx (ccmixter.org); Creative Commons licensed audio from freesound.iua.upf.edu includes sounds by Heigh-hoo, acclivity, cdrk365, Slanesh and mystiscool.