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Coronapod: What use are contact tracing apps? And new hopes for coronavirus drug remdesivir

Hinzugefügt: 1. Mai 2020

The Coronapod team pick through the latest news, plus we hear from the researchers making lemonade out of lockdown lemons.In this episode:01:10 Can contact-tracing apps help?Governments around the...

30 April 2020: A sniff test for consciousness, and how to cut antibiotics use — with vaccines

Hinzugefügt: 29. April 2020

This week, how the ‘sniff-response’ can help clinicians determine a patient's state of consciousness, and how vaccines could help drive down antibiotic use.In this episode:00:45 Sniffing out...

30 April 2020: A sniff test for consciousness, and how to cut antibiotics use — with vaccines

Hinzugefügt: 29. April 2020

This week, how the ‘sniff-response’ can help clinicians determine a patient's state of consciousness, and how vaccines could help drive down antibiotic use.In this episode:00:45 Sniffing out...

Coronapod: The race to expand antibody testing

Hinzugefügt: 24. April 2020

Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss the role of antibody tests in controlling the pandemic, and how public-health spending could curtail an economic crisis. Also on the show, the...

Coronapod: The race to expand antibody testing

Hinzugefügt: 24. April 2020

Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss the role of antibody tests in controlling the pandemic, and how public-health spending could curtail an economic crisis. Also on the show, the...

23 April 2020: Denisovan DNA in modern Europeans, and the birth of an unusual celestial object

Hinzugefügt: 22. April 2020

This week, evidence of ancient hominin DNA in modern human genomes, and the origin of a snowman-shaped object at the edge of the solar system.In this episode:00:45 Intermixing of ancient homininsBy...

23 April 2020: Denisovan DNA in modern Europeans, and the birth of an unusual celestial object

Hinzugefügt: 22. April 2020

This week, evidence of ancient hominin DNA in modern human genomes, and the origin of a snowman-shaped object at the edge of the solar system.In this episode:00:45 Intermixing of ancient homininsBy...

Coronapod: Troubling news

Hinzugefügt: 17. April 2020

Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss Trump withholding funds from the WHO, and how COVID-19 kills. We also hear about controlling misinformation while communicating risk.In this...

Coronapod: Troubling news

Hinzugefügt: 17. April 2020

Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss Trump withholding funds from the WHO, and how COVID-19 kills. We also hear about controlling misinformation while communicating risk.In this...

Coronapod: An untapped resource

Hinzugefügt: 10. April 2020

Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss the labs struggling to get involved in diagnostic testing, and should you be wearing a mask?In this episode:02:07 A drive to diagnoseMany...

Coronapod: An untapped resource

Hinzugefügt: 10. April 2020

Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss the labs struggling to get involved in diagnostic testing, and should you be wearing a mask?In this episode:02:07 A drive to diagnoseMany...

09 April 2020: A plastic-recycling enzyme, and supercooled molecules

Hinzugefügt: 8. April 2020

This week, a new enzyme speeds up the breakdown of plastic bottles, and a method to cool molecules to a fraction above absolute zero.In this episode:01:18 A PET recycling enzymeResearchers have...

09 April 2020: A plastic-recycling enzyme, and supercooled molecules

Hinzugefügt: 8. April 2020

This week, a new enzyme speeds up the breakdown of plastic bottles, and a method to cool molecules to a fraction above absolute zero.In this episode:01:18 A PET recycling enzymeResearchers have...

Coronapod: Ramping up responses

Hinzugefügt: 3. April 2020

Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss the latest on the British response, and what low- and middle-income countries have done to prepare for the pandemic.In this episode:01:33...

Coronapod: Ramping up responses

Hinzugefügt: 3. April 2020

Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss the latest on the British response, and what low- and middle-income countries have done to prepare for the pandemic.In this episode:01:33...

02 April 2020: Dating an ancient hominid skull, and an ancient Antarctic rainforest

Hinzugefügt: 1. April 2020

This week, reassessing the age of the ‘Broken Hill skull’, and unearthing evidence of an ancient forest near the South Pole.In this episode:01:25 A skull’s place in historyAfter nearly a century...

02 April 2020: Dating an ancient hominid skull, and an ancient Antarctic rainforest

Hinzugefügt: 1. April 2020

This week, reassessing the age of the ‘Broken Hill skull’, and unearthing evidence of an ancient forest near the South Pole.In this episode:01:25 A skull’s place in historyAfter nearly a century...

Coronapod: Old treatments and new hopes

Hinzugefügt: 27. März 2020

Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss efforts to develop treatments for COVID-19.In this episode:02:00 A push for plasmaIn New York, hospitals are preparing to infuse patients with...

Coronapod: Old treatments and new hopes

Hinzugefügt: 27. März 2020

Benjamin Thompson, Noah Baker, and Amy Maxmen discuss efforts to develop treatments for COVID-19.In this episode:02:00 A push for plasmaIn New York, hospitals are preparing to infuse patients with...

25 March 2020: Ultra-fast electrical switches, and computing heart health

Hinzugefügt: 25. März 2020 - Durchschnittliche Bewertung: 5

This week, a speedy, yet simple switch, and a video-based AI helps assess heart health.In this episode:01:57 Speedy switchesResearchers have developed an ultra-fast electrical switch that they hope...