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Chemistry

Channel | updated April 25, 2013

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The Department of Chemistry at MIT is recognized as one of the top chemistry departments in the world. The Department has an illustrious history in sharing the MIT tradition of excellence, and has provided national leadership in chemical education and research. The Department's strong record of achievement is based on its pioneering advances in chemical research, its success in incorporating these advances into teaching and research programs, and its close relationship to government and industry. Many fundamental discoveries made in our Department have found their way into practical applications ranging from polymer synthesis to medical imaging.

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Chemiluminescence: the chemistry of light
  • MIT+K12,
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Chemiluminescence: the chemistry of light

What makes a glow stick glow?

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Nozomi Ando's Personal Story
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Nozomi Ando's Personal Story

Nozomi, a self-described artist and comic book lover, describes how her training to become a scientist was akin to that of a ninja.

Darcy Wanger's Personal Story
  • Chemistry,
  • Feature
Darcy Wanger's Personal Story

Darcy describes her realization that science is not something "done — in the past tense" by people long ago, but rather an exciting pursuit that requires social interactions to solve current real-world questions.

Exploring the Molecular World with X-ray Diffraction
  • Chemistry,
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Exploring the Molecular World with X-ray Diffraction

Professor Cathy Drennan explains how she and her lab apply the principles of constructive/destructive interference, and other characteristics of light (including energy, frequency, and intensity) in their research.

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Imaging Viruses with Nanoscale MRI
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Imaging Viruses with Nanoscale MRI

Ben Ofori-Okai discusses the concept of orbital degeneracy (two orbitals with the same energy) in relation to his research on nanoscale MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)

Harnessing Microbes for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
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Harnessing Microbes for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration

Hector Hernandez, assistant professor in chemical engineering, describes how Le Chatelier's principle and the effects of pressure on solubility relate to his research on harnessing microbes to remove carbon dioxide from the environment. Hector envisions that his ...

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Hector Hernandez's Personal Story
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Hector Hernandez's Personal Story

Hector initially worked in construction, but at age 29, he realized he wanted to use his mind instead of his back in his career.

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John Essigmann's Personal Story
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John Essigmann's Personal Story

Professor John Essigmann describes how an early industry experience doing real science pushed him to pursue a career as a professor and professional scientist.

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Labeling Tumors with Quantum Dots
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Labeling Tumors with Quantum Dots

Quantum dots are tiny semiconductor crystals with vivid colors that can be used as visual labels in biology and medicine. Quantum dots excited by UV radiation emit light with an energy and color that is determined by the size of the quantum dot. Darcy Wanger describes how the characteristics ...

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Engineering Enzyme Pathways for Biofuel Development
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Engineering Enzyme Pathways for Biofuel Development

Jingnan Lu's research focuses on converting carbon dioxide, an environmental pollutant, into biofuel. Here she explains how she engineers a carbon-storing microorganism into a biofuel production pathway.

Jingnan Lu's Personal Story
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Jingnan Lu's Personal Story

Jingnan Lu describes how she overcame the challenge of learning English as a teenager when she moved to the United States from China, and how a research experience showed her that she can use science to help people.

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Linking Oxidation to DNA Damage
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Linking Oxidation to DNA Damage

Professor John Essigmann describes how oxidation reactions in our bodies are both essential for life and responsible for cell damage that can potentially lead to cancer.

Designing Probes to Image Proteins Inside Living Cells
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Designing Probes to Image Proteins Inside Living Cells

Samuel Thompson discusses his research on designing new tools to track the movement of proteins within cells.

Detecting Explosives to Save Lives in War Zone
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Detecting Explosives to Save Lives in War Zone

Stefanie Sydlik explains how her research on designing sensors for explosives depends on the principles of VSEPR (valence shell electron pair repulsion) theory.

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Samuel Thompson's Personal Story
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Samuel Thompson's Personal Story

Samuel Thompson brings a sense of play to his science research that he traces back to his love of the performing arts and his early exposure to science as a child.

3.091 on Halloween 2003
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3.091 on Halloween 2003

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Delivering large molecules to cells through tiny holes in ...
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Delivering large molecules to cells through tiny holes in membranes

Researchers from MIT have now found a safe and efficient way to get large molecules through the cell membrane, by squeezing the cells through a narrow constriction that opens up tiny, temporary holes in the membrane.

Bonus Video 3: It's Complicated | MIT ChemLab Boot Camp
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Bonus Video 3: It's Complicated | MIT ChemLab Boot Camp

Ever wonder if MIT students have love lives?

Episode 8: Serious Business | MIT ChemLab Boot Camp
  • Chemistry,
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Episode 8: Serious Business | MIT ChemLab Boot Camp

View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/bootcampInstructor: Dr. John Dolhun, 5.301 studentsSign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSrIt's time for the public speaking part of the course, and this has half the class tied up in knots.License: Creative ...

Episode 7: Chinese Wedding | MIT ChemLab Boot Camp
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Episode 7: Chinese Wedding | MIT ChemLab Boot Camp

The students have to learn the hardest technique yet, but it's the TAs who go loopy. Result: awkward moments like only MIT can provide. Sign-up to follow the series: http://bit.ly/MYMkSr WARNING NOTICE:The experiments described in these materials are potentially ...

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