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Season 2 of the Buff Innovator Insights podcast continues with more behind-the-curtain looks at some of the most ground-breaking innovations in the world, along with the personal journeys that made those discoveries possible.

Researchers at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ have developed a platform which can quickly identify common mutations on the SARS-CoV-2 virus—a major step toward a universal vaccine for not only COVID-19, but also potentially for influenza, HIV and other deadly global viruses.

Season 2 of Buff Innovator Insights, a podcast from the Research & Innovation Office, will air new episodes each Thursday through September 2. The podcast offers a behind-the-curtain look at some of the most ground-breaking innovations in the world, along with the personal journeys that made them possible.

Follow Professor Cora Randall (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences; LASP) on her journey from earning her PhD in chemistry to working on the Hubble Space Telescope and, now, to leading a new NASA DRIVE center working at the leading edge of next-generation space weather prediction.

Widespread adoption of hydrogen-powered vehicles requires fuel cells that can convert hydrogen and oxygen safely into water. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ researchers are addressing a key aspect of this challenge with new computational tools and models.

The first season of Buff Innovator Insights, a weekly podcast from the Research & Innovation Office (RIO), wraps up with episodes about the use of artificial intelligence in education, and how data synthesis could change the way we live with wildfires.

In this week's episode, Professor Evan Thomas shares how his interests in journalism, engineering and entrepreneurship, as well as his experiences with Engineering Without Borders, inspired him to tackle global poverty through his work and teaching.

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ researchers have created a platform that can develop effective therapies against any bacteria in just one week, potentially changing the way we respond to pandemics and how we approach increasing cases of antibiotic resistance globally.

Researchers at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ are leading a new $15 million, multi-partner institute with NASA over the next five years to improve entry, descent and landing technologies for exploring other planets.

The podcast offers a behind-the-curtain look at some of the most ground-breaking innovations in the world—all emanating from the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ campus—along with the personal journeys that made those discoveries possible.