This chunk of glass could store two million books for 10,000 years
00:46 Data stored in glass Nature: Microsoft Research Project Silica Team Nature: Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that la...
Briefing Chat: Caffeine slows brain ageing, suggests decades of data
In this episode: 00:26 Moderate caffeine intake might reduce dementia risk, study suggests Nature: Coffee linked to slower brain ageing in study of ...
These hungry immune cells tidy sleeping flies' brains
In this episode: 00:46 The immune cells that eat waste fats from fruit flies’ brains Nature: Cho et al. 10:21 Research Highlights Nature: Beetle i...
Briefing Chat: 'External lungs' keep man alive for 48 hours until transplant
In this episode: 00:42 External, artificial-lung system keeps patient alive for transplant Nature: 48 hours without lungs: artificial organ kept man...
These mysterious ridges could help skin regenerate
00:46 Understanding how rete ridges form in the skin Nature: Thompson et al. 09:32 Research Highlights Nature: Genetically engineered ‘stinkweed’ c...
Briefing Chat: What Brazilian centenarians could reveal about the science of ageing
In this episode: 00:36 Study probes genetics of extreme longevity Nature: Still working at 107: supercentenarian study probes genetics of extreme lo...
How your brain chemistry rewards hard work
00:46 Why completing difficult tasks feels rewarding Nature: Touponse et al. 11:34 Research Highlights Nature: Disappearing ‘planet’ reveals a sola...
Audio long read: ‘I rarely get outside’ — scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
This is an audio version of our Feature: ‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Briefing Chat: The canny cow that can use tools, and how babies share their microbiomes
In this episode: 00:24 How babies share their gut microbes Nature: Sending babies to nursery completely reshapes their microbiome 05:25 First evide...
The biggest 'Schrödinger's cat' yet — physicists put 7,000 atoms in superposition
00:46 Protein-sized superposition surpasses previous experiments Nature: Pedalino et al. News: Schrödinger's cat just got bigger: quantum physicists...