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 • 36 episodes
Science Straight Up
Latest Episodes
Animating the Invisible: Molecular Movies and the Science They Reveal--Dr. Steve Corcelli, University of Notre Dame
Movies tell stories – whether it’s a gritty historical drama or a teen vampire romance – there are few better ways to absorb content than by watching events unfold on the silver screen (or in the comfort of your home). Similarly, Steve Corcelli...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 3
•
22:45
Life in Color: From Photochromic Crocs to the Future of Electronics
Dr. Natalia Shustova’s lab at the University of South Carolina works with metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, molecules of metal ions and organic links. MOFs can be engineered with specific properties for a wide variety of applications – from bu...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 2
•
25:21
Mining Plastic: Changing the Narrative From Waste to Resource
Amid growing piles of plastic waste in our landfills and in our oceans, Dr. Michael McGuirk of the Colorado School of Mines and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is working on new methods to recycle plastics and turn them into use...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 1
•
32:24
Chromatin: Your DNA in a Package
The double helix structure of DNA discovered in 1953 explained the basic mechanism for how our genetic information can be inherited through replication. But, we've since found that those genes have on/off switches. Understanding how our g...
•
Season 5
•
Episode 9
•
24:28