The science of friction — and its surprising impact on our lives

Tribology: it’s a funny-sounding word you might not have heard before, but it could change how you see and interact with the physical world, says mechanical engineer Jennifer Vail. Offering lessons from tribology — the study of friction and wear — Vail describes the surprisingly varied ways it impacts everyday life and how it could …[continue reading]

Tiny robots with giant potential Paul McEuen and Marc Miskin

Take a trip down the microworld as roboticists Paul McEuen and Marc Miskin explain how they design and mass-produce microrobots the size of a single cell, powered by atomically thin legs — and show how these machines could one day be “piloted” to battle crop diseases or study your brain at the level of individual …[continue reading]

Nils Melzer – United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture – examines the case of Julian Assange

In this speech Nils Melzer, a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture & Professor of international law at the University of Glasgow, talks about the case of Julian Assange. This speech was recorded on the 4th of February 2020 at the Royal National Hotel in London in a public rally organized by the “Don’t Extradite …[continue reading]

United Nations: demasking the Torture of Julian Assange. Rico Brouwer and Nils Melzer

The United Nations Rapporteur for torture, Nils Melzer, reports that Julian Assange is being tortured in a concerted and prolonged defamation campaign by the UK, US, Sweden and Ecuador. In café Weltschmerz Rico Brouwer interviews Nils Melzer who’s visited Assange in Belmarsh prison. He asks him how Assange is doing and what’s up with the …[continue reading]