You spin me right round: chiral molecules and changing the world, one Wikipedia page at a time. With Dr Jess Wade of Imperial College London

Introduction

From wearable sensors to personalised medicines and solar panels, nanostructures made from functional molecules are already enhancing our lives. Nonetheless, science is still playing catchup as nature has been nailing nanostructures for hundreds of millions of years. Whether it is peacock feathers or butterfly wings, scientists can only dream of manipulating matter with such elegance. Jess reveals that the most miraculous molecular structures of all exist a pair of non-superimposable mirror images; where the left and right-handed forms can have remarkably different materials properties. Jess will also talk about her efforts to celebrate scientists from historically marginalised groups, and how science needs to change to support the next-generation of scientists.