Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3186: Marveling
Posted on · Episode: 3186 Marveling. Today, we marvel.
Tag: chemistry
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.
Engines Podcast
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.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1181: Edith Humphrey
Posted on · Episode: 1181 In which Edith Humphry doesn’t quite receive the Nobel Prize Today, a woman doesn’t quite get the Nobel Prize.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1138: The Texas City Disaster
Posted on · Episode: 1138 Texas City, Roseburg, World Trade Center, Oklahoma City: a story of fertilizer and cigarettes Today’s story is about cigarettes and fertilizer.
Health & Science
UT-Austin Professor Snags $100,000 Chemistry Prize From Houston-Based Foundation
Posted on · The 2016 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research goes to Dr. Christopher Ellison at the University of Texas at Austin, for his creation of new polymers that could lead to more environmentally-friendly products.
Houston Matters
What’s Happening in the World of Nanotechnology in Houston?
Posted on · You may have heard about scientists working on developing a camera so tiny that doctors could have patients swallow it like a pill. Or special fabrics lines with particles that repel stains. Those are just two examples of nanotechnology – a combination of science, engineering and technology happening at the teeny, tiny nanoscale, about 1 […]