Sneaking Past the Body's Most Locked Door with Emily Day
How do you design a medicine that can find the right cells in the body, navigating the body's natural defenses like the blood-brain barrier? Biomedical engineer Emily Day explains how nanotechnology ...
10 Aug 25min
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 Juli 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 Juni 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 Maj 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 Apr 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 Mars 28min
The RNA Multiverse with Julius Lucks
In this episode, Julius Lucks, takes us into the nanoscale multiverse of RNA and explains how tiny, dynamic molecules are being engineered into tools to tackle global challenges in human health, water...
9 Feb 32min
From Molecules to Metaphors: When Science Inspires Fiction with Julia Kalow
Sometimes nanotechnology sounds like science-fiction before it becomes science-fact. In this episode, Julia Kalow, a Northwestern University chemist, who is also trained in creative writing, helps us ...
12 Jan 14min
