Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1673: Marie Lavoisier
Posted on · Episode: 1673 Who was Marie Lavoisier, amanuensis or collaborator? Today, meet Marie Lavoisier.
Tag: chemistry
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1652: Justus von Liebig
Posted on · Episode: 1652 Justus von Liebig and the first R&D laboratory. Today, we create the first research laboratory.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity: 3205 Alice Augusta Ball
Posted on · Episode: 3205 Alice Augusta Ball and Her Work on Leprosy. Today, a legacy with a sad coda.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity: 1604 Hydrogen
Posted on · Episode: 1604 In which hydrogen balloons bind science to technology. Today, hydrogen — in 1783.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3186: Marveling
Posted on · Episode: 3186 Marveling. Today, we marvel.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1569: Alkahest
Posted on · Episode: 1569 Alkahest, the universal solvent. Today, we look for the universal solvent.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1515: Oxygen
Posted on · Episode: 1515 The would-be discovery of oxygen and scientific revolution. Today, let’s try to find out who discovered oxygen.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1481: Photography: The Salad Days
Posted on · Episode: 1481 A revealing view of photography’s early days. Today, where was photography headed in 1854?
Health & Science
Drug Treatment For Kidney Stones Hasn’t Changed Much In 30 Years – Until Now
Posted on · University of Houston researcher Dr. Jeffrey Rimer and his colleagues have identified a substance that could potentially reduce kidney stone growth by 90 percent.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1411: John Dalton’s Notation
Posted on · Episode: 1411 The role of notation in John Dalton’s atomic theory. Today, we wonder how to draw an atom.
News
Nobel Prize Winner ‘Like Google Earth For Molecules’
Posted on · Three researchers based in the U.S., U.K. and Switzerland have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developments in electron microscopy.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1404: Prerequisites
Posted on · Episode 1404: Prerequisites seen as a reflection of the structure of science. Today, let’s talk about the prerequisite course.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1235: Naming the Chemical Elements
Posted on · Today, we name the elements.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1220: Hill’s Color Photography
Posted on · Episode: 1220 In which Levi Hill invents color photography 80 years too soon Today, the first color photographs.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1184: Mirror
Posted on · Episode: 1184 The mirror: something that looks far more obvious than it is Today, we look in the mirror and find something strange.