Polymer Engineering podcasts

Luca Pellegrino and Gabriele Intermite discuss a light-responsive synthetic skin inspired by cephalopod camouflage and specialised polymers used in protective clothing. Leonardo Maccari interviews Ion Turcanu about digital twins for autonomous and remote driving, connecting materials research with an applied technology discussion.

Hosted by Luca Pellegrino, Gabriele Intermite

Donna Blackmond discusses why biological molecules favour a single handedness and how that asymmetry might have emerged. The homochirality discussion begins at 6:18. The episode also covers antiparasitic medicines recognised by the 2015 medicine Nobel prize, blood-based estimates of time since death, Matt Gunther’s interview with chemistry laureate Tomas Lindahl about DNA repair, polymer additives designed to reduce aviation-fuel fires, and carbon quantum dots produced from urine.