Built to Take the Hit: Nature's Engineering Secrets with Horacio Espinosa
What can the powerful punch of a mantis shrimp teach us about engineering stronger, more resilient materials? In this episode of Nanoscape, Northwestern University professor Horacio Espinosa reveals ...
12 Loka 31min
Can Tiny Sensors Change Water Security? with Sera Young
What can an anthropologist teach us about designing better nanotechnology? Northwestern University Anthropology professor Sera Young has dedicated her career to understanding how people experience w...
14 Syys 24min
The Soft Side of Nanotechnology with Todd Emrick
What does the soft side of nanotechnology look like? Todd Emrick, professor of polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, explains how polymers are transforming every...
13 Heinä 25min
James Gaynor and the Race to Watch Electrons Move
Electrons move so quickly that, until recently, their motion was impossible to observe. In this episode, James Gaynor, an assistant professor of chemistry at Northwestern University and member of the...
15 Kesä 24min
Bending Light at the Nanoscale with Matt Jones
In honor of Star Wars Day, this episode explores futuristic light technologies seen in science fiction—like invisibility cloaks or powerful directed energy— and how far away we are from such innovatio...
4 Touko 18min
Soft Robotics Inspired by Nature | Building Artificial Muscles that Move and Sense with Ryan Truby
The future of robotics isn't just smarter software, but smarter materials. In this episode, Northwestern University's Ryan Truby explains how his lab is designing soft, bio-inspired robots powered by ...
14 Huhti 35min
Can Nanoscience Build Better Clothes? with Cécile Chazot
Understanding polymers at the nanoscale is helping scientists design stronger, more sustainable materials. In this episode, Cécile Chazot, the Julia Weertman Professor in Materials Science and Enginee...
16 Maalis 28min
