Why Do Things Stick to Each Other? - with Laurie Winkless

From your vehicle tyres gripping the road to the Post-it note in your desk drawer to the non-stick pan on your stove the she science of stickiness is all around us. Laurie's book "Sitcky" is out now: https://geni.us/winkless Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/a3wdXf-tWT0 Laurie Winkless is a writer, physicist and sci-comm consultant currently based in Wellington, NZ. She was a researcher at the National Physical Laboratory for seven years. Her research area was materials, and her specialisation was thermoelectric energy harvesting. Before that, she stuided an MSc in Space Science from University College London, and before that, a BSc Physics with Astrophysics from Trinity College Dublin. This talk was livestreamed on 11 November 2021. --- A very special thank you to our Patreon supporters who help make these videos happen, especially: William Hudson, Thomas Gønge, Richard Hawkins, Don McLaughlin, Jonathan Sturm, Microslav Jarábek, Michael Rops, Adam Leos, Alan Latteri, Andrew McGhee, Anonymous, Ben Wynne-Simmons, Dave Ostler, David Lindo, David Schick, efkinel lo, Frances Dunne, Gou Ranon, Greg Nagel, Ivo Danihelka, Jeffrey Schweitzer, Joe Godenzi, John C. Vesey, jonas.app, Jonathan Killin, Kevin Winoto, Lasse T. Stendan, Martin Paull, Matt Townsend, Osian Gwyn Williams, Paul Brown, Paulina Barren, Rasiel Suarez, Rebecca Pan, Robert Reinecke, Roger Baker, Scott Edwardsen, Stephan Giersche, Supalak Foong, Taylor Hornby, Tim Karr, and William Billy Robillard. --- Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe The Ri is on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheRoyalInstitution and Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.