We launch from the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2019 into current battery research and development. Creating the ubiquitous Lithium Ion battery took decades of collaborative research across the globe. How are scientists working together today to make the new generation of batteries? Can we improve LI batteries with new electrolyte mixes? How can we use Silicon instead of graphite in our batteries to give them a boost? Is it possible to make an organic recyclable battery? How can we use proteins and peptides to make organic batteries? Can we make batteries without damaging the environment?
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Episode 298 - Self healing materials, scratch tests and the crockmeter
Episode 297 - Antibiotic superweapons - hunter killer cells, dream teams and evolutionary history
Lagrange Point Episode 296 - Fighting back against hayfever, what histamines do for you, stopping travellers sickness
Episode 295 - Powerful and precise Lasers - Nobel Prize in Physics '18
Episode 294 - What is the biggest bird; Island Giants and dwarfs.
Episode 293 - Finding a fly in you drink, plus placebos on the brain - Ignobel Prize '18 Part 2
Episode 292 - Roller coasters for medical treatment - Ignobel Prize 2018 Part 1
Episode 291 - Concussion science, assessment frameworks and biomarkers
Episode 290 - The strange chemistry of exoplanets from their cores to atmospheres
Episode 289 - Unlikely alliances, from ancient virus and Koalas to farming fruit flies and coral alliances
Episode 288 - Tackling Fatbergs, Recycling Li-On_batteries and new uses for cooking oil
Episode 287 - Fighting back against fungal infections
Episode 286 - Fields Medal 2018 - Solving problems in mathematics with tricks from other fields
Episode 285 - Icey lakes on Mars, a planets worth of dust and unexplained oxygen
Episode 284 - Solar panels that work in the shade, using coal waste and greener concrete
Episode 283 - Dust storms carrying life, harming life and engulfing a planet
Episode 282 - More precise precision medicine plus last chance medications
Episode 281 - Interconnections between animals, ocean currents, climates and ecosystems
Episode 280 - Nanodiamonds, Stardust, Comets and erasing Stars
Episode 279 - Helping farmers fight back against climate change
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