'Click chemistry': Molecules as Legos!Click Chemistry has been used to build new materials, map livingcells in real time, and revolutionize drugs for cancer treatment.When it comes to simple, elegant reactions, biology has always had chemistry beat. Living organisms seamlessly and effortlessly turn simple, non-toxic building blocks into complex advanced materials. Sugars snap together to ...
Wonderfest Science Envoys are early-career researchers with enhanced communication skills and aspirations. Following short talks on provocative modern science topics, these two Science Envoys will answer questions with insight and enthusiasm:UC Berkeley geophysicist Caroline Hasler on Measuring Geologic Time with Rock Clocks - In microscopically small crystals within rocks, radioactive elements decay ...