Play the "Gecko-Inspired Bio-Bandage" audio
March 2012
What do geckos have to do with medical bandages? Hear how Dr. Jeff Karp, a bioengineer who works in both Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, was inspired by gecko toepads to create medical tape for internal organs.
Play this audio
Play the "New Solar Cells | Exercising Your Heart" audio
April 2008
This week we will hear about solar power research involving new solar cell design. Also, we will learn how the type of exercise you do can affect the shape of your heart.
Play this audio
Play the "New Anthrax Vaccine | More Primate Confusion" audio
August 2007
This week, we'll look at what it takes to engineer a new vaccine for anthrax, and we'll hear about new confusion in the study of ancient primates.
Play this audio
Play the "Pollution-Fueled Storms | Hydrogen Fuel From the Sun" audio
March 2007
Today we'll hear about a study showing that pollution from Asia is changing the weather as far away as Alaska, as well as a new way to make hydrogen for fuel using only water and sunlight.
Play this audio
Play the "Going Solar at the Department of Energy | Regulating Nano in Our Backyard" audio
February 2007
Today we'll examine a step toward solar power being taken by the US government, as well as questions of "nano" safety right in the Boston area.
Play this audio
Play the "Stem Cells and Lung Cancer | Better Solar Panels Through the Study of Bugs" audio
November 2007
This week we'll talk to a scientist who is examining the role of stem cells in lung cancer, and we'll hear about how researchers are taking a cue from insects to keep solar panels clean.
Play this audio
Play the "China's Smog Experiment | Bending Light . . . Backwards" audio
August 2008
This week we will learn more about two popular news stories. First, China's emission reductions during the Olympic Games has afforded the perfect opportunity to study atmospheric smog. Also, new materials to bend visible light backwards could lead to some interesting new inventions.
Play this audio
Play the "Faster Bacterial Detection | Viagra for Your Heart" audio
March 2007
This week, we'll learn about using nanoparticles to speed up bacterial detection, and at a study that gave Viagra to rabbits to help treat heart attacks.
Play this audio
Play the "Sending Humans To Space | Detecting Disease Faster" audio
July 2011
Dr. Ryan Kobrick from the Man Vehicle Lab at MIT talks about some of the lab's projects to help prepare humans for long distance space travel. Also, hear about a new device that uses nanoparticles to detect harmful diseases faster than before.
Play this audio
Play the "Bacteria-Busting Nanoparticles | Tornado Outbreak" audio
May 2011
Learn how a new approach to combating bacteria could lower the incidence of antibiotic-resistance and then hear about the devastating twisters of April 2011.
Play this audio
Pages
To receive our E-News, enter your email address:
Updates, special offers, and fun science: