Polymers
NZ tests to reveal if bio-based claims stack up
27 Aug 2021
Tests of a selection of plastics marketed as bio-based has found half of them are not all they claim. GNS and Scion have developed new tests that will verify if they are. Audio
Sir Paul Nurse: What Is Life?
15 Nov 2020
Nobel prize-winning geneticist Sir Paul Nurse's latest book, What Is Life?, explores the question of what we as humans share with all other living things on this planet. Audio
Finding the holy grail of turning plant waste into plastic
8 Dec 2019
Professor Matthew Kanan from Stanford University is the scientist who can show us part of our future, perhaps, in the age of global warming - catalytically converting CO2 into fuels and chemical… Audio
Starting to Gel: A Tough, Stretchy, Mouldable New Material
26 Mar 2015
A new gel has been developed that is 85% water but can be stretched many times and hit with a hammer without disintegrating Audio