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A Push-Button Future of Chemistry

A Speculative Design Project Originally mentioned in a report published by the Royal Society of Chemistry as part of its “Future of the Chemical Sciences initiative,” the term “push-button future of chemistry” describes a version of the possible future scenario where chemistry becomes highly automated, modular, and decentralized. This speculative design project plays with that…
Addressing the Group 3 Dilemma: A New Perspective

Originally written in March 2020 as part of an undergraduate writing project. Abstract Which two elements should be put in group 3 under scandium (Sc) and yttrium (Y) with the d-block elements in the periodic table: lanthanum (La) and actinium (Ac), or lutetium (Lu) and lawrencium (Lr)? More than three decades after William Jensen’s article…
Addressing the PFAS Action Act Debate – A Paper

Should the U.S. government enact the PFAS Action Act of 2019 (H.R. 535) to address the widespread PFAS contamination? Named “forever chemicals,” the family of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) containing over 4000 chemicals has silently permeated into people’s lives since its first appearance in the 1930s. Today, their existence can be found in items…