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Superconductivity gets heated
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00:44 Room-temperature superconductivity
For decades, scientists have been searching for a material that superconducts at room tempera…
5 years, 11 months ago
Audio long-read: What animals really think
Researchers are aligning data on animal neuronal activity with behavioural information recorded on millisecond timescales, to uncover the signatures …
5 years, 11 months ago
Trump vs. Biden: what's at stake for science?
A conversation about the US election and the possible fallout for science, and are maternal behaviours learned or innate?
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00:46 US ele…
5 years, 11 months ago
Greenland's ice will melt faster than any time in the past 12,000 years
How current and future ice loss in Greenland compares to the past, and using graphene to make ultra-sensitive radiation detectors.
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6 years ago
After decades of trying, scientists coax plastic particles into a diamond-like structure
Coaxing tiny colloid particles into a diamond structure, and manipulating cell death and homeostasis in neurodegenerative disease.
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6 years ago
Genes chart Vikings' spread across Europe
Mapping the migration of the Vikings, and the world’s smallest ultrasound device.
In this episode:
00:45 Following the Viking footprint across Europe
To…
6 years ago
A new way to cool computer chips — from within
Keeping electronics from overheating, and how to include minority populations in genetic analyses.
In this episode:
00:46 Cool computers
Keeping compone…
6 years ago
Revealed: A clearer view of how general anaesthetics actually work
Engineering yeast to produce medicines, and the mechanism of anaesthetic action.
In this episode:
00:44 Making medicine with yeast
The tropane alkaloids…
6 years, 1 month ago
The challenge of reproducing results from ten-year-old code
Protecting delicate quantum bits, and a competition to replicate findings from ancient computer code.
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01:04 Quantum computers vs ioniz…
6 years, 1 month ago
3D-printing some of the world's lightest materials
A new way to produce aerogels opens up their use, and understanding how sulfur can change state between two liquids.
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01:05 Printing ae…
6 years, 1 month ago