Episode 026

Remember that annoying cotton shirt that shrank two sizes after you did your laundry? Well, scientists have recently developed a really clever way to use a similar effect to make tiny three dimensional devices.

Episode 025

If the cells in your body get hot, they get a little uncomfortable and don't work as well. Unlike us, they can't just drink some ice-cold lemonade to cool off. Your cells can only live near body temperature, and if things get too hot, they die. This is true for normal cells, and also for cancer cells.

Episode 024

Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend sang Marilyn Monroe in Gentleman Prefer Blondes. However nanodiamonds may become everyone's best friend!...

Episode 023

In the movie Back to the Future, George McFly was a little confused when he told his future wife I am your density....

Episode 022

When I'm at the grocery store, I always seem to be in the slowest checkout line. But it's faster than it used to be because products come with a barcode on the label...

Episode 021

The plastic items we know so well are made of polymers, materials consisting of simple repeating units of particular chemicals. As it turns out, nature is a brilliant polymer chemist...

Episode 020

Ever wonder how a solar cell works? When sunlight strikes a solar cell, its energy is transferred to electrons, which jump out of their original locations and move through the solar cell, creating an electrical current...

Episode 019

Remember when you were a kid, drawing all over your desk with your trusty number 2 pencil and then trying to rub off the black graphite marks with your hands? Well, if you had tried to clean your blackened fingers...

Episode 018

There are many reasons for getting a tattoo: personal expression, remembrance of a family member, or just for fun. But what if there could be a medical reason for getting a tattoo? People with diabetes must...

Episode 017

In the modern world, titania (also known by its chemical formula, TiO2) can be found in many products.This is because titania is great at absorbing UV light, making it ideal for use in protective coatings like paint or sunscreen...