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ScienceLives Interview with Candy Hwang
University of Southern California chemistry graduate student Candy Hwang won second prize and the People's Choice Award in a December 2012 video contest sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), "Creating the Future."
Hwang's 90-second video, "The Secrets of Nitrogenase," is a lively, colorful animation that sketches out the story of industrial nitrogen fixation and her interest in helping to develop more environmentally friendly fixation methods than those industry currently uses. Nitrogen fixation is a process in which nitrogen, which has very durable chemical bonds, is converted into ammonia and thus made more available for use as a nutrient (or other product).
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