Inflection Point

By C&EN

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Category: Chemistry

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Episodes: 13

Description

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
Nuclear fusion stumped us for a century. Can it fuel the future?
Jun 17, 2026
Can we carbon-capture our way out of climate change?
Jun 03, 2026
Retinol: The magical molecule's bizarre history
May 20, 2026
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