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Latest episodes

  • Printed on Glass: The Science Inside a Droplet

    July 4, 2025 · 32 min

    Join Alex and Gréta in today's episode to learn how printing on glass surfaces like cooking stove tops is possible thanks to the unique composition of tiny droplets.

  • Super-Cool Resolution Stories

    June 20, 2025 · 36 min

    Discover with Niko and Leon how super-resolution microscopy and cryo-fixation are helping scientists capture the dynamics of life at the nanoscale.

  • 3D Brain (Tumor) Models - Targeting the world of organoids

    June 6, 2025 · 29 min

    What if fighting brain cancer means growing brain organoids in a dish and shooting them with a particle accelerator? Greta and Esther are giving an insight into brain tumor models.

  • Bioprinting organs and how it's connected with gummy bears

    May 23, 2025 · 28 min

    How can we print larger organs and what do doughnuts and gummy bears have to do with it? In this episode, Caro and Jamina Gerhardus chat about bioprinting and how it is used to mimic organ functions

  • Earth's Reflective Secret: Unlocking Albedo from Above

    May 9, 2025 · 34 min

    What is albedo, how does it effect us and how can it be measured from space? Today, Jose Luis and Leon are giving and insight into remote sensing data with satellites.

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  • 10 What is doxing?

    July 21, 2023 · 25 min

    Leon and Anjuli Franz have a discussion around the societal implications of malicious privacy violations. Learn about the interdependence of privacy and how Doxing threatens key democratic functions.

  • 9 Teaching robots

    July 7, 2023 · 18 min

    João Carvalho joins Caro to talk about reinforcement learning: his work focusses on teaching manipulation skills to robots through machine learning approaches.

  • 8 Cholerae bacteria and their circular chromosomes

    June 23, 2023 · 19 min

    Lisa Abendroth is joining Gréta to talk about chromosomes. This time in Vibiro cholerae, and ones that are shaped like circles - find out more with us.

  • 7 Modeling of radiation-induced lung injuries

    June 9, 2023 · 16 min

    Nicolò Cogno and Leon have a discussion around radiation therapy and heavy ions. Learn about the GSI particle accelarator, one of the largest in Europe and about computer models of the lung.

  • 6 RNA Aptamers - Form follows function

    May 26, 2023 · 21 min

    Caro and Lisa-Marie Maurer are discovering the colorful world of RNA-Aptamers.

  • 5 Drone swarms and lawnmowers - decentralizing systems

    May 12, 2023 · 17 min

    Mengguang Li shares his work on drones in large groups. What exactly do we mean by that? Join Leon and find out more about decentralized robotic systems.

  • 4 Measuring CO2 from space

    April 28, 2023 · 21 min

    Gréta and Timon Hummel talk about the difficulties of detecting CO2 from space via satellites. Join us to learn more about spectrometers and the difficulties of measuring anthropogen gases.

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About the show

Join our podcast every second Friday for brief insights into scientific topics: from AI, over finding novel pharmaceuticals, to learning about chromosomes and lasers. And many more... Who are we from “Friday Science Bites”? We are Gréta, Leon and Caro - PhD researchers from a mix of fields at TU Darmstadt, who would like to know more about the science at our university and beyond. We interview early researchers and other PhD candidates on their research topics. For more information contact us here: podcast.science.bites@gmail.com