Science Actually is a podcast by Imperial College London students and staff. Are you keen to find out more about current and future research, and to discover how not every question will have one answer? In each episode a member of our podcast team interviews an Imperial expert to see if they have the answers to our burning questions. In the first series, we dive into myths surrounding different aspects of student life: memory, food, sleep and partying. The second series revolves around the science that is shaping our future. Intro by Clara Tillous Oliva, jingle by Hendrik Vogt, artwork by Ali Al-Sikab. Check out our website (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/study/undergraduate/science-actually-podcast/), or follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/science_actually_podcast/) and Twitter (@ScienceAccPod)
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Sustainable Materials: Making plastics and energy technologies more sustainable
In this episode, Eva Bremnes explores the future of sustainable materials with 3 expert guests from Imperial. Dr Charles Romain, a Junior Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry, leads a research group involved in developing sustainable polymers from renewable resources. He introduces the topic and outlines some common misconceptions and challenges around bioplastics. Dr Koon-Yang Lee is a reader in polymeric materials in the Department of Aeronautics, and oversees the Future Materials Group, which is developing materials for a resource efficient and low waste future. He tells us more about lignin and cellulose as renewable materials for flexible packing applications. Professor Magda Titirici is a chair in Sustainable Energy Materials and a member of the Department of Chemical Engineering. Her research group addresses the issue of resources in sustainable energy technology. She explains the problems with the supply chain of critical metals used in everyday tech, and how her research is tackling this challenge. Together, they answer our main question: what is the future of sustainable materials? Check out our website (www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/study/…tually-podcast/), or follow us on Instagram (www.instagram.com/science_actually_podcast/) and Twitter (@ScienceAccPod)