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New Palladium Catalyst Developed for Coupling of Aryl Halides and Alkyl Lithium Reagents

Andrew Sasser ’23, Physical Sciences, Fall 2020 Figure 1: A sample of the metal palladium. As a transition metal, palladium plays a significant role in the catalysis of…

A New Tool in The Box: Radicals and Organic Synthesis

Andrew Sasser, Research Talk, Physical Sciences, Fall 2020 Figure: This shows the resonance structures for a Ketyl radical. Due to the presence of an oxygen atom, this radical…

History is lost in the Melt of Italy’s “Queen”

Eva Legge, Physical Sciences, Fall 2020 Figure 1: A climber traverses the Marmolada glacier’s dangerous slopes, high in the Dolomite mountains of Northern Italy Source: Wikimedia Commons The…

New Method of Zeolitic Membrane Production for Carbon Capture Discovered

Andrew Sasser ‘23, Physical Sciences, Fall 2020 Figure 1: This is an image of a Zeolite mineral. Composed of silica and alumina molecules arranged in tetrahedral patterns, Zeolites…

Possible Biosignature for Life Discovered on Venus

Andrew Sasser ’23, Physical Science, 9/30/20 Figure 1: This is an image of Venus with its surface obscured by a thick atmosphere composed of carbon dioxide, sulfuric acid,…