In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN Editor, Fionna Samuels, about her featured article detailing a recent breakthrough coming from the Hanford Site: nuclear waste vitrification. Together, they delve into the history of one of the most notorious nuclear production facilities as well as look forward to the future of nuclear energy, waste management, and public transparency. You can find the link to the article here.

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Executive producer: David Anderson

Host: Craig Bettenhausen

Reporter: Fionna Samuels

Video + Audio Producer: David Anderson, Jeremy Barr

Episode artwork: Robley L. Johnson

Music: Commercial Flow, Shutterstock

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In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN Editor, Chris Gorski, as well as graphic artist and freelance illustrator, Ryan Inzana, about their collaborative efforts to make one of C&EN's most innovative articles to date. This illustrative and immersive article dives into the funds behind some of the chemical industry's most impactful discoveries throughout the centuries. Spanning from early records of Alchemical Experiments to the modern day innovations powered by Artificial Intelligence. You can find the link to the article here.

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Executive producer: David Anderson

Host: Craig Bettenhausen

Reporter: Chris Gorski

Video + Audio Producer: David Anderson, Jeremy Barr

Episode artwork: Ryan Inzana

Music: Commercial Flow, Shutterstock

Contact Stereo Chemistry: Contact us on social media at @cenmag or email cenfeedback@acs.org.

Little was publicly known about the first Black scientist to codiscover an element.

Chemists may know James Harris as the first Black scientist to be credited with codiscovering an element. In fact, we referenced this in a previous episode of Stereo Chemistry about making superheavy elements. But beyond this memorable factoid, details about this accomplished nuclear chemist are scarce, and most sources repeat the same superficial information. Kristen Frederick-Frost, curator of modern science at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, wants to change that. After discovering that the museum's database lacked material on Harris, she scoured archival records and sought out former colleagues, friends, and family members to fill in details of his life and career. In this bonus episode of Stereo Chemistry, host Kerri Jansen and special guest Darryl Boyd join Frederick-Frost to explore Harris's story beyond the discoveries that made him famous. And we even get an unexpected peek into his lab, courtesy of the US National Archives.

Boyd, a polymer chemist, previously researched James Harris while writing a short article for C&EN's "Black Chemists You Should Know About."

Listen to our April 2019 Stereo Chemistry episode "If You Want to Change the Element, You Have to Change the Nucleus."

Read the Ebony magazine profile about James Harris.

Read about James Harris's experiments with element 104.

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