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A high pressure experiment reveals the world’s first room-temperature superconductor, and a method to target ecosystem restoration.
Researchers are aligning data on animal neuronal activity with behavioural information recorded on millisecond timescales, to uncover the signatures of internal brain states associated with things like moods and motivation. This is an audio version o...
A conversation about the US election and the possible fallout for science, and are maternal behaviours learned or innate?
How current and future ice loss in Greenland compares to the past, and using graphene to make ultra-sensitive radiation detectors.
Coaxing tiny colloid particles into a diamond structure, and manipulating cell death and homeostasis in neurodegenerative disease.
Mapping the migration of the Vikings, and the world’s smallest ultrasound device.
Keeping electronics from overheating, and how to include minority populations in genetic analyses.
Engineering yeast to produce medicines, and the mechanism of anaesthetic action.
Protecting delicate quantum bits, and a competition to replicate findings from ancient computer code. In this episode: 01:04 Quantum computers vs ionizing radiation The quantum bits, or ‘qubits’, central to the operation of quantum computers are no...
A new way to produce aerogels opens up their use, and understanding how sulfur can change state between two liquids. In this episode: 01:05 Printing aerogels Aerogels are materials with impressive insulating properties, but they’re difficult to handl...