From giant planets to nanorobots

The four giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, exhibit startling diversity in their environmental conditions and climate, despite the similarities in their origins. We’ll discuss some of the more recent insights into their dynamic and ever-changing atmospheres and look ahead to the future – in particular to ambitious plans to return to the ice giants in the coming decades.

Will it ever be possible to create a nanoworld, where armies of tiny molecules work to make their own nanomachines or construct their own nanobuildings? We don’t know yet, but we are working to develop molecules that can carry tiny loads to a target destination. We will talk about the power of chemistry to make things from bottom up as Richard Feynman says: “There is always room at the bottom.”