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  [### Celebrating George Whitesides’ 85th birthday

 ](https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=lc&themeid=c33d3837-223a-4a3f-ae8e-94beca4cad14) September 10, 2024 

 The Royal Society of Chemistry recently published a cross-journal collection in celebration of Professor Whitesides 85th birthday. 

 

 

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   [### How did life begin on Earth? A lightning strike of an idea.

 ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/08/how-did-life-begin-on-earth-research-zeroes-in-on-lightning-strikes/) August 07, 2024 

 An article from the Harvard Gazette on our recent PNAS paper “Mimicking Lightning-Induced Electrochemistry on the early Earth.” 

 

 

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   [### George Whitesides became a giant of chemistry by keeping it simple

 ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/george-whitesides-became-giant-of-chemistry-by-keeping-it-simple/) May 17, 2024 

 An interview with Prof. Whitesides as part of the Experience series in the Harvard Gazette 

 

 

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   [### Kavli KNI24 Fireside Chat with Dr. George Whitesides and CalTech President Rosenbaum - March 7, 2024

 ](https://youtu.be/GSUrVJ_xxZg?si=tHrsU1fte78M7tbx) April 15, 2024 

 

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