AUTOMATE: The World of Robots

AUTOMATE: The World of Robots

Robots are under examination this week. Engineer Blaise Thomson, from Vocal IQ, designs speech systems for smartphones, Neil Bargh builds robots for science labs, and Airbus systems engineer Paul Meacham, who is building the next rover that will explore Mars, join Chris Smith, Dave Ansell and Ginny Smith to pit their wits against the assembled Cambridge public, answering questions like how would the Mars rover fare in Robot Wars? Plus, we make a motor from scratch and find out what happens when we dunk electronic devices in liquid nitrogen... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Superconductivity and Cooling Devices

Superconductivity and Cooling Devices

This week we take a look at some super cool science, as Tim Jackson describes how superconductors work, what they are, and how superconductors are helping astronomers get a clearer view of the univers...

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How We Hear, Echolocation and Giant Whoopee Cushions

How We Hear, Echolocation and Giant Whoopee Cushions

Helping us tune into the science of sound this week is Bob Carlyon, who explains how we hear, how we can concentrate on one voice in a noisy room, and what it sounds like to have a cochlea implant. Fr...

21 Loka 20061h

Science of Sight, Eye Diseases and Animal Vision

Science of Sight, Eye Diseases and Animal Vision

Taking a look at the science of sight is consultant ophthalmologist Nick Sarkies, who will discuss eye diseases and how we can treat them, and Ron Douglas provides insight into colour vision and how t...

14 Loka 200655min

How Cancers Form, Cancer Biology and Future Therapies

How Cancers Form, Cancer Biology and Future Therapies

Cancer biology goes under the microscope this week, as Gerard Evan talks about the causes of cancer and how cancer spreads around the body. Also on the show, and joining us live from the National Canc...

7 Loka 200654min

Naked Science Question and Answer and New Horizons

Naked Science Question and Answer and New Horizons

Answering all your cosmic conundrums this week are Drs Chris, Dave and Phil who discuss why blood is red, the size of the ozone hole, how to make magnets, the best way to get rid of excess mucus, and...

30 Syys 200656min

Catalysts for Cleaner Environments and Future Energy

Catalysts for Cleaner Environments and Future Energy

Chemistry and lightning quick reactions are under discussion this week as Emma Schofield explains what a catalyst is, how catalytic converters work and how catalysts can help to clean up the atmospher...

23 Syys 200657min

Peruvian Mummies, Ancient Environments and the Sahara

Peruvian Mummies, Ancient Environments and the Sahara

Explaining how science can help us dig up the past is Lawrence Owens, who uses teeth and bones to uncover the life and sometimes gruesome death of mummies in Peru and Bolivia, and Harriet Allen descri...

16 Syys 200655min

Hot Nectar, Warming Weather and Birds Missing the Spring

Hot Nectar, Warming Weather and Birds Missing the Spring

In the hot seat this week is Beverley Glover, who will describe how flowers warm their nectar to entice passing pollinators, real life weatherman John Law discusses weather predictions and how to calc...

9 Syys 200659min

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