Big Picture Science - The Fix is In
The moon jellyfish has remarkable
approach to self-repair. If it loses a limb, it rearranges its remaining
body parts to once again become radially symmetric. Humans can’t do that,
but a new approach that combines biology with nanotechnology could give our
immune systems a boost. Would you drink a beaker of nanobots if they
could help you fight cancer?
Also, materials science gets into
self-healing with a novel concrete that fixes its own cracks.
Plus, why even the most adaptive
systems can be stretched to their limit. New research suggests that the
oceans will take a millennium to recover from climate change.
Guests:
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Lea Goentoro – Professor of biology, California Institute of Technology
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Michael Abrams - Biologist, California Institute of Technology
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Sarah Moffitt – Paleo-oceanographer, Bodega Marine
Laboratory, University of California, Davis
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Mark Miodownik – Materials scientist, director of the Institute of
Making, University College, London. Author of “
Stuff Matters:
Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape our Man-Made World”
•
Shawn Douglas - Computer scientist, assistant professor of cellular and
molecular pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco
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You
can listen to this and other episodes at
http://bigpicturescience.org/, and
be sure to check out
Blog Picture Science,
the companion blog to the radio show.
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