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Audio long read: The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch
Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) implanted in the brains of people who are paralysed are allowing them to control prosthetics that are restoring a ra…
4 years, 3 months ago
Robot exercises shoulder cells for better tissue transplants
00:47 The robot shoulder that exercises cells
Recreating the movements that tendon cells experience as they develop in the human body is necessary for…
4 years, 4 months ago
Coronapod: 'A generational loss' - COVID's devastating impact on education
Despite the devastating loss of life caused by COVID-19, some researchers are arguing that the longest lasting impact of the pandemic will be on educ…
4 years, 4 months ago
X-ray analysis hints at answers to fossil mystery
00:45 The puzzle of Palaeospondylus
Over a hundred years ago, palaeontologists discovered fossils of the aquatic animal Palaeospondylus. But since the…
4 years, 4 months ago
How galaxies could exist without dark matter
00:47 The mystery of the missing dark matter
Dark matter makes up most of the matter in the Universe, and is thought to be needed for galaxies to form…
4 years, 4 months ago
Coronapod: 'viral ghosts' support idea that SARS-CoV-2 reservoirs could be behind long COVID
Millions of people around the world have been left managing the complex and amorphous syndrome that is long COVID. But the underlying cause of this m…
4 years, 4 months ago
Retinas revived after donor's death open door to new science
00:57 Reviving retinas to understand eyes
Research efforts to learn more about diseases of the human eye have been hampered as these organs degrade ra…
4 years, 4 months ago
Swapping in a bit of microbial 'meat' has big eco-gains
00:46 How a move to microbial protein could affect emissions
It’s well understood that the production of meat has large impacts on the environment. Th…
4 years, 5 months ago
Coronapod: COVID and diabetes, what the science says
The true disability cost of the COVID-19 pandemic is still unknown, but more and more studies are adding to the list of potential fallout from even m…
4 years, 5 months ago
How virtual meetings can limit creative ideas
00:56 How video calls can reduce creativity
As a result of the pandemic, workers around the world have become accustomed to meeting colleagues online.…
4 years, 5 months ago