Tonight the Perpetual Notion Machine talks with Professor George Huber and Professor Reid van Lehn of the University of Wisconsin – Madison Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Department of Energy’s Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center. They are the co-authors of the paper ‘Recycling of multilayer plastic packaging materials by solvent-targeted recovery and […]
Fungus Among Us with Dr. Christina Hull
Tonight on PNM Ary sits down with Dr. Christina Hull, a UW Madison Professor in Biomolecular Chemistry and Medical Microbiology & Immunology. Dr. Hull studies the process by which a dormant fungal spore transitions (germinates) into an actively growing fungus (yeast) in order to identify therapeutic targets and learn more about the basic biology of […]
PNM Goes to the Movies: 28 Days/Weeks Later
It’s the one year anniversary of our series ‘PNM Goes to the Movies!’. This time around, we discuss Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later (2002) & the sequel 28 Weeks Later. 28 Days Later is considered one of the first ‘fast zombie’ movies & kick-started the zombie revival in pop culture; but how does the science […]
Food Science & the Science of Coffee
Food? Delicious. Science? Awesome. Food science? A match made in heaven. On this episode of PNM, Josh Mitchell and Matt Blackburn talk food, science, and food science with food scientist Dr. Sarah Willett from Kerry Group. Sarah discusses her journey from jazz band to coffee chemist and how one of our favorite caffeinated drink gets […]
History’s Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them: A conver...
Author Jennifer Wright talks with the PNM team about her most recent book “Get Well Soon: History’s Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them”. This book is a whimsy and humane romp through some of history’s most terrifying disease outbreaks. We talk with Jennifer about how the anti-vaccine movement has been around since at […]
Rolling back the clean vehicle fuel economy standards will cost Wiscon...
Luke Tonachel, Director, Clean Vehicles and Fuels Group, Climate and Energy Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council talks with the WEB about the federal rollback of the fuel economy standards. The fuel economy standards require gradual improvements in mpg for vehicles over time. If we kept the current standards in place the average new […]
