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The science of friction -- and its surprising impact on our lives | Jennifer Vail
Feb 05, 2020Tribology: it's a funny-sounding word you might not have heard before, but it could change how you see and interact with the physical world, says mechanical engineer Jennifer Vail. Offering lessons fr...
A new type of medicine, custom-made with tiny proteins | Christopher Bahl
Jan 28, 2020Some common life-saving medicines, such as insulin, are made of proteins so large and fragile that they need to be injected instead of ingested as pills. But a new generation of medicine -- made from ...
What ocean microbes reveal about the changing climate | Angelicque White
Jan 24, 2020When the ocean changes, the planet changes -- and it all starts with microbes, says biological oceanographer Angelicque White. Backed by decades of data, White shares how scientists use these ancient ...
Are indoor vertical farms the future of agriculture? | Stuart Oda
Jan 21, 2020By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9.8 billion. How are we going to feed everyone? Investment-banker-turned-farmer Stuart Oda points to indoor vertical farming: growing food on tiere...
How designing brand-new enzymes could change the world | Adam Garske
Jan 21, 2020"If DNA is the blueprint of life, enzymes are the laborers that carry out its instructions," says chemical biologist Adam Garske. In this fun talk and demo, he shows how scientists can now edit and de...
Why are drug prices so high? Investigating the outdated US patent system | Priti Krishtel
Jan 16, 2020Between 2006 and 2016, the number of drug patents granted in the United States doubled -- but not because there was an explosion in invention or innovation. Drug companies have learned how to game the...
The urgent case for antibiotic-free animals | Leon Marchal
Jan 07, 2020The UN predicts that antimicrobial resistance will be our biggest killer by 2050. "That should really scare the hell out of all of us," says bioprocess engineer Leon Marchal. He's working on an urgent...
The search for dark matter -- and what we've found so far | Risa Wechsler
Jan 06, 2020Roughly 85 percent of mass in the universe is "dark matter" -- mysterious material that can't be directly observed but has an immense influence on the cosmos. What exactly is this strange stuff, and w...
Your body was forged in the spectacular death of stars | Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Dec 17, 2019We are all connected by the spectacular birth, death and rebirth of stars, says astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz. Journey through the cosmic history of the universe as Ramirez-Ruiz explains how supe...
The search for our solar system's ninth planet | Mike Brown
Nov 22, 2019Could the strange orbits of small, distant objects in our solar system lead us to a big discovery? Planetary astronomer Mike Brown proposes the existence of a new, giant planet lurking in the far reac...