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Curious about science or just here for a good story? This podcast brings research to life, breaking down complex topics into everyday language. Join us as we chat with real scientists about their cutting-edge work and the highs and lows of finding the balance between work and private life. Whether you are a science buff or a total beginner, tune in for insightful conversations, fascinating discoveries, and a glimpse into the world of research.contact email address: bridgethegap@tugraz.at
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- Sep 28, 202642 min
On exoplanets and star-quakes
How can we detect exoplanets, i.e. planets orbiting other stars, potentially a few tens of lightyears away from Earth? What can we learn about their host stars from the way their light is dimmed by the planets themselves? These are only some of the questions we asked our guest, Kristina Kislyakova, who is Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna, and works on the evolution of the early solar system rocky planets and atmospheric losses to space among other interesting topics.
- Sep 14, 202644 min
How do clouds affect climate?
What is the effect of clouds on the global and local climate on Earth? How much of the solar radiation can they reflect back to space? How much of the surface heat can they trap? Can we describe and predict how the climate will be in 50 years? What can we know about the climate on Earth ten thousand years ago and how can artificial intelligence help us in this endeavour? Professor Aiko Voigt, from the University of Bonn, will talk about these and other related topics on today’s episode.
- Aug 31, 202625 min
Enzymes
What is a catalyst? And what is an enzyme instead? It turns out catalysts are fundamental in speeding up chemical reactions that would otherwise occur in a very, very long time. Enzymes, biological catalysts, take part in a lot of the chemical reactions in our body to keep us running. Can we engineer enzymes to produce specific compounds? Can we do it in an efficient and sustainable way? Do we need special solvents to do so? In this episode we dig into the chemistry of enzymes, how they work, and how we can exploit them to produce compounds that are useful in industry and science. Our guest, Xenia Georgiadou, a PhD candidate at Graz University of Technology will guide us through this fascinating and complex journey.
- Dec 22, 202541 min
The Physics of Pasta Cacio e Pepe
Description: Who says phase transitions are only diagrams and critical lines? What if they could be understood through something as simple as making a smooth, cheesy sauce? In this episode, Ivan Di Terlizzi, from the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex systems in Dresden, will tell us all about the physics of cheese in the classic Italian dish Pasta Cacio e Pepe. Don't miss this tasty and brainy episode! Link to the paper: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article/37/4/044122/3345324/Phase-behavior-of-Cacio-e-Pepe-sauce
- Dec 15, 202528 min
How fast is ultrafast spectroscopy?
The Heisenberg uncertainty principle prevents us from pinpointing an electron in real time with arbitrary accuracy. What this means is that if we were to shine light on an electron and excite it, we would not be able to follow its trajectory precisely. And yet, recent years have witnessed the development of so-called ultrafast spectroscopic techniques which allows us to indirectly reconstruct a movie of the elections evolution within a molecule. Peter Puschnig, Professor at University of Graz, Austria, will lead us through this fascinating world of ultrafast spectroscopy to hopefully answer fundamental (and cool) questions about electronic motions in real time.
- Dec 9, 202525 min
Neurodegenerative diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases are disorders characterised by a gradual, yet steady, loss or death of neurons, the brain cells, a condition that eventually leads to decline in motor and cognitive functions. Despite our best efforts, some aspects of these diseases are still obscure. Rina Demjaha is a medical doctor and a PhD candidate at the Medical University in Graz, Austria. With her we will explore some of the experimental techniques which are used to identify so-called biomarkers which could lead to an early diagnosis of such diseases.
- Dec 1, 202525 min
Do metals and polymers get along well?
Johanna Byloff is a PhD candidate at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. In this episode, she will talk about experimental techniques to stick together metals and polymers to obtain flexible, yet resistant, compounds which find applications in electronics, from smartphones to telescopes in orbit around Earth.
- Aug 11, 202538 min
Solar physics
How does a star like our Sun actually work? What fuels this giant ball of gas—and how does it change over time? And where do the elements of the periodic table really come from? In this episode, we explore these cosmic questions with our guest, Professor Alexander Shapiro from the University of Graz.
About Bridge the Gap
Curious about science or just here for a good story? This podcast brings research to life, breaking down complex topics into everyday language. Join us as we chat with real scientists about their cutting-edge work and the highs and lows of finding the balance between work and private life. Whether you are a science buff or a total beginner, tune in for insightful conversations, fascinating discoveries, and a glimpse into the world of research.contact email address: bridgethegap@tugraz.at
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