22 November 2018: An ion-drive aeroplane, and DNA rearrangement.
This week, a solid-state plane engine with no moving parts, and ‘mosaicism’ in brain cells. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This week, a solid-state plane engine with no moving parts, and ‘mosaicism’ in brain cells. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, evidence of a nearby exoplanet, and clinical trials in a social media world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, building a cell from the bottom up, and a Breakthough Prize winner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the role that mood forecasting technology may play in suicide prevention, and a 'crisis' in dark matter research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, how science can help Canadian cannabis growers and a potted history of the Sun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, what life is like when you've just won a Nobel prize, and how a vestigial organ helps ants get organised. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, targeting latent HIV, the breeding behaviour of bold birds, and an update on a near-Earth asteroid mission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, an ultra-thin, wearable biosensor and a multi-shape, mechanical metamaterial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the ethics of sucking carbon-dioxide out of the atmosphere and bee swarms under strain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the oldest drawing ever found, and the hidden energy costs of data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, keeping an eye on space junk, and how a physicist changed our understanding of life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, an early mammal relative’s babies, and new attempts to pin down the strength of gravity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this month’s roundtable, audio vs print reporting, returning to Brexit, and finding out about our audience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, colony size and labour division in ants, and simulating a quantum system on a quantum computer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, more worries for bees, modelling the opioid crisis, and rough weather for seas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, shaping the gut microbiota, geoengineering’s effect on farming, and the genetics of fox aggression. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, how a bird sees colour, potential problems with terraforming Mars, and linking extreme weather to our changing climate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, automata through the ages, problems with pet DNA tests, and a conservation conundrum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, tougher DNA nanostructures, climate-altering permafrost microbes, and using a robot to discover chemical reactions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, rats and coral reefs, charting successful careers streaks, and Cape Town’s water crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, investigating the koala genome, the issues facing LGBTQ+ researchers, and a DNA-based neural network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this month’s roundtable, we discuss lab health, email briefings, and how science stories can affect the stock market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the relationship between air pollution and infant death in Africa, stressed brains, and diagnosing sick plants from afar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, pancreatic cancer-related weight loss, tiny silica cages, and bias in Artificial Intelligence algorithms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, the mysterious death of African baobab trees, Antarctica’s past, present, and future, and how zebrafish protect their stem cells. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, making enzymes work better in the cold, short-term memory production in mice, and magnetic detection in animals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, boosting diversity in physics graduate programs, and life’s recovery after a massive asteroid impact. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, estimating the economic cost of climate change, a new solution to the Minimum Fleet Problem, and the flourishing field of muography. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, peering inside the proton, identifying the pitfalls of research misconduct, and identifying what bacterial genes of unknown function actually do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, artificial intelligence recreates our sense of place, liquid crystals deliver cargo, and experiencing depression in academia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.