Science Straight Up
In conjunction with Telluride Science, "Science Straight Up" delves into how science impacts our everyday lives. Your hosts, veteran broadcast journalists Judy Muller and George Lewis talk to leading scientists and engineers from around the world.
Podcasting since 2020 • 43 episodes
Science Straight Up
Latest Episodes
"Trees in the City: Cooling, Carbon and the Complications"
Dr. Lucy Hutyra admits she's "a total tree-hugger." She's the Chair of the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University, and a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. She and her BU colleagues study the impact of trees on urban environmen...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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29:09
"Shape up Those Proteins--The Good, The Bad and the Ugly Amyloids"--Dr. Ann McDermott, Columbia University
Proteins are the building blocks of life. Our bodies make about 25-thousand of them. Dr Ann McDermott, a biophysicist from Columbia University, studies the shapes of perteins as they clump into structures called amyloids. Sometimes ...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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27:30
"What if the Future of Computing Isn't Silicon?"--Dr. Milan Delor, Columbia University
The revolution in artificial intelligence is sucking up a lot of electrical power, something that's growing at an alarming rate. Science may have a solution in a new generation of highly efficient computer chips that use materials other t...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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24:17
Quantum Computing and Chemistry--Dr. Kade Head-Marsden, Univ. of Minnesota
Quantum computing promises to supercharge scientific research with its ability to solve multiple problems all at once. It could lead to more rapid development of drugs and materials to improve the way we live. But first, there are some serious ...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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20:33
A heartwarming Tale: How Basic Research into Cell Behavior Spurred an Advance in Transplant Surgery
Scientists, intensly focused on their own areas of research, don't usually stray out of their own lanes. So, Dr. Rohit Pappu, of Washington University in St. Louis, whose field is cellular and molecular biophysics and bioengineering, was surpri...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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23:36