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The End of Haber Bosch

Billions of people rely on a single, hundred-year-old chemical reaction every day: the Haber-Bosch process. This simple, short reaction consumes 1% of the world’s energy supply and releases 2% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. Chemists have been trying to come up with a fundamentally better way to fix nitrogen for over a century. Have they finally succeeded?
Season 9 Episode 9 Length 13:50 Premiere: 06/21/23

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Season 9 Episodes

The Antibiotic Resistance War
S9 E17 Length 13:06 Premiere Date 12/13/23

Are Vanadium Flow Batteries Worth the Hype?
S9 E16 Length 09:01 Premiere Date 11/15/23

An Antidote for Deadly Mushrooms?
S9 E15 Length 11:39 Premiere Date 10/18/23

Why You Can't Recycle Your Pants (Until Now)
S9 E14 Length 12:15 Premiere Date 09/27/23

How is Ceviche "Cooked?"
S9 E13 Length 11:46 Premiere Date 09/06/23

Burning Forever Chemicals With Water
S9 E12 Length 10:31 Premiere Date 08/16/23

The Bioconcrete Revolution (maybe)
S9 E11 Length 08:21 Premiere Date 07/26/23

Why are Mosquitos So Obsessed with Me?
S9 E10 Length 09:13 Premiere Date 07/12/23

The End of Haber Bosch
S9 E9 Length 13:50 Premiere Date 06/21/23

What is Amorphous Ice?
S9 E8 Length 09:38 Premiere Date 05/31/23

Lab-grown, Plant-based, Real – What Is The Chemistry Of Meat
S9 E7 Length 15:51 Premiere Date 05/11/23

But HOW Does Carbon Dioxide Trap Heat?
S9 E6 Length 11:48 Premiere Date 04/12/23

EU’s Ban On Tattoo Ink: Breaking Down the Chemistry
S9 E5 Length 10:37 Premiere Date 03/23/23

Why Are Electric Vehicle Fires So Hard To Put Out?
S9 E4 Length 12:29 Premiere Date 03/01/23

How a Chemist Makes the Softest Bread You'll Ever Eat
S9 E3 Length 15:58 Premiere Date 03/22/23

Why Calcium Hydroxide + Corn is Key to Understanding Western
S9 E2 Length 12:35 Premiere Date 02/01/23

74,963 Kinds of Ice
S9 E1 Length 10:46 Premiere Date 01/10/23

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