Chemists at the University of Illinois are developing a more environmentally friendly former of polyurethane, a hard-to-recycle polymer that’s used in everything from paint to memory foam.
If you create a million unique chemicals, chances are one or two of them could be a life-saving drug. A new research study from the University of Illinois finds that this shotgun approach to drug discovery can be accelerated with the help of bacteria.
Yep, the Bandwagon lineup is taking a breather for much of the summer. But before we go: We muse on quantifying team chemistry with a scientist who's actually studying it, the work of sportswriter/commentator Frank Deford (who recently retired from NPR), and our pal Travis Tate comes in for the episode to talk about the NBA basketball playoffs and lots more.
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was just announced this morning, and one of the three winners is Sir Fraser Stoddart, chemistry professor at Northwestern University in Evanston. He is being recognized for his work on the design of molecular machines.
Chemistry professor and medical doctor Martin Burke's machine aims to do for chemistry what 3-D printing has done for engineering. His team has built a machine for assembling small molecules.
