The Naked Scientists Podcast
The Naked Scientists Podcast
The Naked Scientists
The Science of the Seriously Small
55 minutes Posted Feb 1, 2009 at 12:00 am.
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This week, we're studying the science of the seriously small - nanotechnology. We'll find out how tiny, flexible electronics could be implanted under the skin to restore lost sensation, and how tiny protein covered silicon "diving boards" can show us how superbugs evade antibiotics. Also, how sheets of carbon just one atom thick can be used to read the entire human genome in just a couple of hours, and how nanotech "motherships" can deliver exactly the right amount of drug, directly to where it's needed. Plus, the plant genome that could solve the food crisis, how our fingerprints help us to... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists