Reclaiming Wasted Watts - Thermoelectric Generators

Reclaiming Wasted Watts - Thermoelectric Generators

Over two-thirds of the energy in the fuel you put into your car is wasted, most of it in the form of heat that exits along the exhaust pipe. The same is true of large-scale power stations, which are only 50% efficient at best. But now researchers are bringing 200 year old physics to bear against the problem by developing thermoelectric generators (TEGs) that can turn waste heat into useful electricity and this week we find out how. Plus, news that disguising cancer cells as Salmonella could hold the key to producing effective anti-cancer vaccines, why the Y chromosome boosts heart attack risk,... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Under Our Feet: What's Inside Earth?

Under Our Feet: What's Inside Earth?

This week, put on your hard hat and steel capped boots: we're journeying to the centre of the earth! From the soil at the surface to the magnetic molten iron at the core, we're delving into what's goi...

16 Jun 20201h

The Fifth State of Matter

The Fifth State of Matter

Come celebrate the 25th anniversary of some Nobel-prize-winning science: the fifth state of matter, a strange quantum soup known as a Bose-Einstein condensate. What is it, and why is it at the cutting...

9 Jun 202058min

COVID-19: How to Vaccinate a Planet

COVID-19: How to Vaccinate a Planet

This week, the search for a vaccine for COVID-19: will we succeed, and when? Plus, in the news, the search for a chemical fingerprint for severe COVID-19, bacteria that live inside cancers, and could ...

2 Jun 202053min

Life in the New Normal

Life in the New Normal

This week, we're asking what will the "new normal" look like? We delve into the future of healthcare, education and transport. Plus in the news, loss of smell is added to the list of coronavirus sympt...

26 Mai 202059min

Publishing & Politics: How Science Gets Made

Publishing & Politics: How Science Gets Made

What's a scientific paper? What's peer review? And when governments say they're "following the science" during this pandemic, what does that actually mean? We're figuring out how science goes from res...

19 Mai 202057min

The Science of World War Two

The Science of World War Two

This week, we're bringing you a special episode, diving into the science and technology of World War Two, to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day... Like this podcast? Please help us by ...

12 Mai 202055min

Science Pub Quiz!

Science Pub Quiz!

This week, pull up a chair, a drink, and get your pens and paper ready, because it's time for The Naked Scientists science pub quiz! Playing along are climate scientist Ella Gilbert from the British A...

5 Mai 202053min

COVID-19: Beyond the Virus

COVID-19: Beyond the Virus

This week, we're looking at the impacts of coronavirus beyond the virus: how is it hitting economies, universities and our mental wellbeing? Plus, researchers come up with a way out of the lockdown, h...

28 Apr 202054min

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