Friday, March 26th, 2010

Chemistry Roundup

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Cows in Frank Mitloehner's research enclosure at UC Davis, known as the 'bovine bio-bubble.' Image courtesy Frank Mitloehner, UC Davis.

If you've heard that eating less beef is a good way to cut greenhouse gas emissions, join us in this segment to hear why one cow emissions expert says "Not so much." The numbers in the papers that reached that conclusion, he says, weren't a good comparison.

We'll also hear about how oil on your skin can affect air quality in the office. And we'll get an update on cold fusion -- is it not such a rogue science anymore? In this hour, we'll go behind the scenes at this week's American Chemical Society meeting.

Guests

Frank Mitloehner
Associate Professor
Air Quality Specialist
Department of Animal Science
University of California, Davis
Davis, California

Navindra Seeram
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy
Head, Bioactive Botanical Research Laboratory
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island

Michael McKubre
Electrochemist
Director, Energy Research Center
SRI International
Menlo Park, California

Charles Weschler
Adjunct Professor, Environmental and Occupational Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey / Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Ongoing Visiting Professor, International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy
Technical University of Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark

Janet Raloff
The Senior Editor
Science News
Washington, DC

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Segment produced by:Christopher Intagliata

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