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May 2024

Season 2024, Ep. 5

Our look back at the Astrochemical Literature for the month of May 2024.

 

Your hosts this week are Brett McGuire and Ilsa Cooke, with special guests Rebecca Firth and Harshal Gupta.

 

Grab & Go summaries for you this week are on our website: coffee.astrochem.net.


Rebecca's Paper on AlO, AlOH, and Al(OH)3: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00335


Harshal's paper on the laboratory spectroscopy and astronomical discovery of CaC2: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ad3336 

 

Barista Bootcamp on Cosmic Rays this month!


Chalkboard this month has Open Positions and Conferences.


Special thanks this month to ChatGPT. Interstitial clips feature audio from the movie Thor and from the French Chef.

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