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Super-efficient catalyst boosts hopes for hydrogen fuel
This week, perfecting catalysts that split water using light, and the mystery of missing matter in the Universe.
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00:44 Water splitting…
6 years, 4 months ago
Coronapod: Hope and caution greet vaccine trial result, and Trump vs the WHO
01:38 Trump vs the WHO
President Trump has given the WHO an ultimatum in a tweet, threatening to pull out of the organisation within 30 days unless un…
6 years, 4 months ago
A synthetic eye that 'sees' like a human
This week, crafting an artificial eye with the benefits of a human's, and understanding how disk-galaxies formed by peering back in time.
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6 years, 4 months ago
Coronapod: The misinformation pandemic, and science funding fears
With questionable coronavirus content flooding airwaves and online channels, what’s being done to limit its impact?
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00:57 The epidem…
6 years, 4 months ago
The super-sleuth who spots trouble in science papers, and the puzzle of urban smog
This week, Elisabeth Bik tells us about her work uncovering potential image manipulation, and a new route for particulate pollution formation.
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6 years, 4 months ago
Coronapod: The dangers of ignoring outbreaks in homeless shelters, plus coronavirus and drug abuse
Outbreaks among those unable to isolate are spreading under the radar. We hear about the researchers scrambling to get a handle on the situation.
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6 years, 4 months ago
07 May 2020: Galileo and the science deniers, and physicists probe the mysterious pion
This week, a new way to study elusive subatomic particles - pions, and the story of Galileo remains relevant in a time of modern science denialism.
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6 years, 4 months ago
Coronapod: What use are contact tracing apps? And new hopes for coronavirus drug remdesivir
The Coronapod team pick through the latest news, plus we hear from the researchers making lemonade out of lockdown lemons.
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01:10 Can c…
6 years, 5 months ago
30 April 2020: A sniff test for consciousness, and how to cut antibiotics use — with vaccines
This week, how the ‘sniff-response’ can help clinicians determine a patient's state of consciousness, and how vaccines could help drive down antibiot…
6 years, 5 months ago
Coronapod: The race to expand antibody testing
Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss the role of antibody tests in controlling the pandemic, and how public-health spending could cu…
6 years, 5 months ago