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Out of Our Elements
How Did a Plane Find the First Molecule in the Universe?
How did the molecules that make our world—and us—come to be?
Glass Is Making Your Internet Faster
Across the series, hosts Arlo Pérez and Caitlin Saks meet with a diverse set of chemistry experts to explore the surprising molecular connections of the everyday world we experience. By investigating the sub-atomic stories underpinning our natural world, they discover how chemistry shapes the society we live in.
Glass Is Making Your Internet Faster
Season 1 Episode 3 | 10m 16s | CC
Caitlin and Arlo visit the Diablo Glass School to discover how chemistry plays an important role in glass’s versatility, and how its properties can be manipulated. Dr. Desiré Whitmore — also known as “LaserChick” — uses lasers to demonstrate how information can be transmitted through glass, and explains how that forms the basis of an ever-growing global fiber optic network.
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