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Network of world's most accurate clocks paves way to redefine time
A web of three optical atomic clocks show incredibly accurate measurements of time, and the trailblazing astronomer who found hints of dark matter.
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5 years, 6 months ago
Coronapod: Why COVID antibody treatments may not be the answer
In the early days of the pandemic, researchers raced to identify the most potent antibodies produced by the immune system in response to SAR-COV-2 in…
5 years, 6 months ago
The AI that argues back
A computer that can participate in live debates against human opponents.
In this episode:
00:43 AI Debater
After thousands of years of human practise, …
5 years, 6 months ago
Coronapod: COVID and pregnancy - what do we know?
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been many open questions about how COVID-19 could impact pregnant people and their babies – confounde…
5 years, 6 months ago
The smallest measurement of gravity ever recorded
Physicists examine the gravitational pull between two tiny masses, and how fossil lampreys could shake-up the field of vertebrate evolution.
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5 years, 6 months ago
Coronapod: COVID's origins and the 'lab leak' theory
Where did the SARS-CoV-2 virus come from? As a team of researchers from the WHO prepares to report on its investigation into the origins of the virus…
5 years, 7 months ago
COVID, 2020 and a year of lost research
The pandemic's unequal toll on the research community, and a newly discovered mitochondria-like symbiosis.
In this episode:
00:48 The pandemic's unequa…
5 years, 7 months ago
Coronapod: Google-backed database could help answer big COVID questions
A repository with millions of data points will track immunity and variant spread.
To answer the big questions in the pandemic, researchers need access…
5 years, 7 months ago
The quark of the matter: what's really inside a proton?
The surprising structure of protons, and a method for growing small intestines for transplantation.
In this episode:
00:45 Probing the proton’s interio…
5 years, 7 months ago
Audio long-read: Thundercloud Project tackles a gamma-ray mystery
Researchers in Japan are trying to understand why thunderstorms fire out bursts of powerful radiation.
Gamma rays – the highest-energy electromagnetic…
5 years, 7 months ago