Science Straight Up
In conjunction with Telluride Science, "Science Straight Up" delves into how science impacts our everyday lives. Your hosts, veteran broadcast journalists Judy Muller and George Lewis talk to leading scientists and engineers from around the world.
Episodes
In conjunction with the Telluride Science Research Center, veteran broadcast journalists Judy Muller and George Lewis talk to leading scientists about how their work impacts our everyday lives. This premiere episode, "The Air We Breathe," talks about something we can no longer take for granted in the age of COVID-19. This week's guest is chemical engineer Faye McNeill who takes her research on the air...
"It's kind of like Silly String," says Dr. Anna Marie Pyle, a Yale biochemist, describing the appearance of COVID-19 RNA, the genetic roadmap that allows the virus to replicate and spread. But there's nothing silly about the vital research she and her colleagues are conducting as they look for a weapon that will hunt down the virus and destroy it.
Imagine a high-tech device slightly larger than a breadbox that could detect the presence of the COVID virus in real time in classrooms or meeting halls or even homes. That's what Dr. Paul Cremer and his team at Penn State University are developing. Dr Cremer talks about his exciting research that could lead to such a device in the months to come.
Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using the fastest supercomputer in the nation to sift through thousands of substances in search of a treatment for people who have COVID-19. We talk to the man in charge of the project, Dr. Jeremy Smith.
Dr. R. Stephen Berry, a renowned chemist and recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Genius grant, revolutionized the field of thermodynamics and went on to co-found the Telluride Science Research Center. He believed that scientists could refresh their creative impulses and share valuable information by gathering in his beloved Colorado mountains, where he could often be found fishing, skiing, hiking and urging his colle...
In a summer when the American West is on fire, where drought parches southwest Colorado and the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts are bracing for repeated hurricanes, the effects of climate change are everywhere. We talk to Telluride-based environmental entrepreneur and climate activist Christopher Arndt about his hopes for a greener future.
Three scientists (Anna Marie Pyle from Yale, Yogesh Surendranath from MIT and Forest Rohwer from San Diego State University) join hosts Judy Muller and George Lewis to discuss the amazing advances in science that will soon upend our world. This was recorded during a live "Town Talk" at the Transfer Warehouse in Telluride, CO. The talks are sponsored by the Telluride Science Research Center (TSRC).
Science isn't just about white guys in white lab coats these days. Joining us are Rigoberto Hernandez from the Johns Hopkins University, Amber Krummel from Colorado State University and Stephen Bradforth from the University of Southern California. They talk about the importance of diversity on scientific teams with hosts Judy Muller and George Lewis.
The science of cryopreservation and cryogenics promises new life through fertility treatments, preserves plant and animal species and provides cell therapy for ailments ranging from cancer to spinal cord injuries. It can also help with organ transplants. Hosts Judy Muller and George Lewis discuss cryopreservation with three prominent scientists: Allison Hubel, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of ...
Scientists speak of those moments of discovery when all their hard work, all their experimenting, and all their trial and error yield sometimes surprising results. Hosts Judy Muller and George Lewis chat with three noted researchers about how creativity plays a big part in their science. Our guests are Philip Bevilacqua, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State, Scott...
This year, the summer months have brought record high temperatures, fires, floods and other climate extremes. A U.N. climate change report has sounded a "red alert" for humanity. We're joined by one of the contributors to that report, Kevin Gurney of Northern Arizona University's school of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems. Also joining us, Ron Cohen from the University of California, Ber...
"Hey, Siri, what's the lowdown on A.I.?" Every time we use an electronic assistant like Siri or Alexa, we're tapping into the burgeoning world of artificial intelligence. We've assembled a panel of three people with plenty of real intelligence to talk about how AI is helping scientists sift through data in a wide variety of fields.
Our panel this episode: Amy Mueller, Assistant Pr...
A guy named Jon Snow came to Telluride to talk about ice and fire. No, not the Jon Snow from Game of Thrones, but rather Dr. Jonathan Snow, arctic explorer, professor and chair of geology and geophysics at Louisiana State University. He says there’s all sorts of fascinating stuff going on with the undersea volcanoes deep beneath the Arctic ice. Dr. Snow is joined by award-winning broadcast journalists Judy Muller a...
Dr. Jayajit Das of the Ohio State University and Nationwide Childrens Hospital talks about harnessing the power of immunity using powerful computer technology to orchestrate the body’s response to disease. He is interviewed by noted broadcast journalists Judy Muller and George Lewis during a “town talk” at the Telluride Conference Center in Mountain Village, CO.
We talk about chirality, how some molecules have left-handed properties and others have right-handed properties. It turns out that electrons, carrying energy and information vital to life, spin in different directions when interacting with these two types of molecules and harnessing that effect could lead to big advances in energy production, agriculture and medicine. Our panelists are two of the leading researchers...
We've long thought that aging was just a part of life but now science is beginning to view aging as a disease that can be treated. This, as research on aging is exploding and some scientists speculate people could live 150 years or more. Our aging expert, Dr. Kristin Slade, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in upstate New York says, "We already know what is going on with ...
Dr. Omar Farha of Northwestern University and NuMat Technologies talks about Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF's) that he prefers to call "programmable sponges." Hailed as a potential defining material of the 21st century, these nano-sized structures can be used to neutralize toxic materials, pull water out of the moisture in the air and eventually, capture carbon emissions that threaten the planet. The Pe...
American agriculture contributes about 10 percent of this country's greenhouse gas emissions, but done right, it can absorb rather than produce carbon and help overcome the problem of man-made climate change. This exciting possibility is the subject of a Telluride Science panel moderated by Adam Chambers of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Panelists include Tony and Barclay Daranyi, who practice regenerative...
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