The Chemical Internet

The World

The invention of the Internet revolutionized the world. Now, a new type of network — a chemical internet — could fundamentally transform the chemical world we live in. Host Steve Curwood talks with Bartosz Grzybowski, professor of chemistry at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, who created a chemical internet called Chematica which he believes could change how drugs are made.

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