
How can sunlight turn into electricity?
05/12/22 • 31 min
#021 Rebroadcast
This week, Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of solar energy. How do we capture energy from the sun and turn it into electricity? Is it as super insanely cool as it seems? Are we living in the future already?
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References from this episode
- Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming - Paul Hawken
- Melissa's Prior Knowledge and Thesis
- Beyond the Messy Truth- Van Jones
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#021 Rebroadcast
This week, Melissa and Jam explore the chemistry of solar energy. How do we capture energy from the sun and turn it into electricity? Is it as super insanely cool as it seems? Are we living in the future already?
How to start a podcast. <- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!
References from this episode
- Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming - Paul Hawken
- Melissa's Prior Knowledge and Thesis
- Beyond the Messy Truth- Van Jones
Thanks to our monthly supporters
- Ciara Linville
- J0HNTR0Y
- Jeannette Napoleon
- Cullyn R
- Erica Bee
- Elizabeth P
- Sarah Moar
- Rachel Reina
- Letila
- Katrina Barnum-Huckins
- Suzanne Phillips
- Nelly Silva
- Venus Rebholz
- Lyn Stubblefield
- Jacob Taber
- Brian Kimball
- Emerson Woodhall
- Kristina Gotfredsen
- Timothy Parker
- Steven Boyles
- Chris Skupien
- Chelsea B
- Bri McAllister
- Avishai Barnoy
- Hunter Reardon
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How do ADHD and Adderall™ change the chemistry in our brains?
#134
Well newsflash, the brain is complicated. And a surprising amount of what's going on in our brains is chemistry. But what about ADHD? What's happening in the chemistry of someone's brain who has ADHD, and then what happens when ADHD medication is introduced? Let's find the heck out!
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References from this episode
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3666194/
- https://youtu.be/MeJRBsghMt8
- https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/molecule-of-the-week/archive/a/amphetamine.html
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763417308072
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- Steven Boyles
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Next Episode

Why do people hate organic chemistry?
#135
Well guess what, Melissa is a PhD Doctor now! And you know what that means? She gets to tell us more details about the research she did to get her PhD. Listen to hear what Melissa found as she dove deep into the question "Why do people hate organic chemistry?" for the past few years.
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References from this episode
- National Research Council, (2012), Discipline-based education research: Understanding and improving learning in undergraduate science and engineering, The National Academies Press.
- Graulich N., (2015), The tip of the iceberg in organic chemistry classes: How do students deal with the invisible? Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 16(1), 9–21.
- Xu X. and Lewis J. E., (2011), Refinement of a chemistry attitude measure for college students. J. Chem. Educ., 88(5), 561–568.
- Gibbons R. E. and Raker J. R., (2019), Self-beliefs in organic chemistry: Evaluation of a reciprocal causation, cross-lagged model. J. Res. Sci. Teach., 56(5), 598–618.
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- Cullyn R
- Erica Bee
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- Katrina Barnum-Huckins
- Suzanne Phillips
- Nelly Silva
- Venus Rebholz
- Lyn Stubblefield
- Jacob Taber
- Brian Kimball
- Emerson Woodhall
- Kristina Gotfredsen
- Timothy Parker
- Steven Boyles
- Chris Skupien
- Chelsea B
- Bri McAllister
- Avishai Barnoy
- Hunter Reardon
Chemistry For Your Life - How can sunlight turn into electricity?
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Hey, everyone. Great news. If you didn't already hear, Melissa completed her PhD. She did the last step she needed to do. She did her defense last week, and she is now doctor Melissa Colini PhD. So tell her congrats if you have a chance, on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook or wherever. So for this month's rebroadcast episode, we thought it'd be really cool to go back 2 the episode where Melissa shared with us about the research she did when she was doi
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