Inflection Point

By C&EN

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Category: Chemistry

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Inflection Point traces emerging ideas in science to their surprising roots. With help from C&EN's vast, 100-year archive, we find the origins of modern breakthroughs, and tease out three different pieces of the puzzle that lead to our current moment.

Episode Date
Inflection Point: A time-traveling science history podcast
May 04, 2026
Bonus: Celebrating 1 year of Inflection Point!
Mar 23, 2026
The electric innovations that brought lithium-ion batteries online
Dec 17, 2025
The ancient, 'juicy' origins of antibiotic resistance
Dec 03, 2025
The era-spanning epiphanies that enabled gene editing
Nov 19, 2025
How under-appreciated critters inspired GLP-1 drugs
Nov 05, 2025
The many materials that made microplastics possible
May 06, 2025
The mind-bending innovations that built quantum computing
Apr 22, 2025
The serendipitous origins of 'forever chemicals'
Apr 07, 2025
Inflection Point: The strange history of green hydrogen
Mar 24, 2025