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Episodes
465 episodes
Crowd control and social dynamics – which way out?
Crowd management is key to evacuation safety. Yet, evacuation simulation programmes often lack experimental verification due to the inadequacy of benchmarks with real-world experiments.Ilias Panagiotopoulus, Jens Starke, and Wolfram Just...
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Pulsars and prizes: In conversation with Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
In the late 1960s Cambridge PhD student Jocelyn Bell Burnell was studying quasars (very luminous active galactic nuclei) when she reported anomalous data which was later id...
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Excellence Through Inclusiveness: Shaping the COST COSY Community
The COST COSY Action is redefining scientific collaboration by fostering diversity, equality, and inclusion across chemistry, physics, and materials science. Led by María Pilar de Lara-Castells, the network of 400+ researchers from 45 countries...
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Confined systems in astrochemistry
In this episode, we’re looking at research from an interdisciplinary network named COSY, funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) agency. Their workgroup researching ‘Confined systems in Astrochemistry’ is...
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Geographies of Storage: Reshaping Contemporary Environments
Storage plays an important role in managing global resources, from energy and water to carbon and data, shaping landscapes, supply chains, and environmental systems.Sayd Randle from Singapore Management University investigates resource s...
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Enduring influence of EAST on Chinese society: A deep dive
The directions of Chinese politics and economics echo restrictive practices that may hinder China’s technological and economic competitiveness.Professor Yasheng Huang’s The Rise and Fall of the EAST has shaken perspectives outside academ...
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Science in the spotlight with Robin Ince
Comedian, performer, and writer Robin Ince has been asking questions about the world around him for as long as he can remember. Perhaps most famous for his radio show The Infinite Monkey Cage which he co-hosts on BBC Radio ...
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A few words with… Professor Gene Feder OBE
In this International Women’s Day episode, we chat to Professor Gene Feder OBE, Professor of Primary Care at the Centre for Academic Primary ...
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Size matters: The link between social groups and human evolution with Robin Dunbar
Humans are social creatures; we live in family groups, socialise with friends, and work with colleagues both in person and online. Yet, how many friends do you really have? Evolutionary psychologist Professor Robin Dunbar says it wo...
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New grounds for hope: Humanity can govern its complex planetary tragedies!
Humanity is overwhelmed by planetary tragedies: climate crisis, widespread hunger, desertification, migrations, destruction of biodiversity, corruption and many more. They are out of control because they are too complex for common-sense approac...
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Empower Peers 4 Careers: Positive Peer Culture and Adolescent Career Choices
In Switzerland, young adults face major challenges when transitioning from school to the workplace—especially those with special educational needs. How can peer support help them navigate career choices and build resilience?Professors Cl...
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Fertility, social norms, and the challenges of childbearing in East Asia
In East Asia, high marriage rates coexist with some of the world’s lowest fertility rates. So, why are so few children born in these societies? And how is this related to the strongly embedded cultural and Confucianist influences?
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‘Nuggets’ of Knowledge (NoK): How past experiential health emergency knowledge can inform future responses
The knowledge gained during the COVID-19 pandemic and other health emergencies could prove invaluable for devising responses to and planning for future health crises. Dr Landry Ndriko Mayigane and Dr Stella Chungong from the Health Secu...
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Myeloperoxidase leads the way toward safe and efficient antiseptics
Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a vital enzyme in the immune system, with the potential to revolutionise antiseptics and cancer therapy.Professor Robert C. Allen has developed MPO-based antiseptics effective in blood which are systemically safe...
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Re-creating spaces in times of social isolation: Unveiling Hybrid Agents and Contexts for socio-educational transformation
Hybrid psychological agents and transformative hybrid contexts offer new ways to bridge cultural divides, foster inclusion, and drive social change.Dr. Beatriz Macías-Gómez-Estern from Universidad Pablo de Olavide investigates hybrid lea...
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Can PBMCs be used as a tool for the identification of immune biomarkers in lung cancer?
Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with treatment responses varying widely among patients.Dr. Carminia Maria Della Corte from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is at the forefront of resear...
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PrivacyPrimer: Protecting privacy while supporting memory recall for older adults
Memory is a problem for many people as they age. To combat this, wearable devices may help older adults recall precious memories through what is called 'life-logging', despite these technologies raising significant privacy concerns.Resea...
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Resilience, scepticism, and mRNA with Katalin Karikó
While we may associate Messenger RNA (mRNA for short) with the COVID-19 pandemic vaccination programme, its study in fact began over 60 years ago.Born in 1955 in rural Hungary, Katalin Karikó battled critics and scepticism for her resea...
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Personalised genetic insights: A revolution in papillary thyroid cancer
While the management of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is guided by recurrence risk assessment, current methods cannot accurately predict disease recurrence.Professor Oliver Bathe and his collaborators at the University of Calgary, Cana...
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Early Action Review: Preventing local outbreaks from becoming pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic was a wake-up call for governments and their global stakeholders to reform the management processes of infectious disease outbreaks. Dr Stella Chungong and Dr Landry Ndriko Mayigane of the Health Security Preparedn...
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Fuzzy Logic: Opinion uncertainty and helping cities make better decisions
Almost every city in the modern world faces the difficult challenge of understanding its citizens’ opinions and turning them into meaningful decisions. Miloš Švaňa, a PhD student at Technical University of Ostrava, has decided to focus ...
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Breaking with heritage to revive human values
The actions of humans are typically influenced by societal norms and mainstream trends that are passed down from generation to generation, shaping our life choices and behavioural patterns. Jean-Paul Close, founder of the STIR Found...
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Do joint manipulation sounds make a difference in physical therapy outcomes?
Joint manipulation, applying a manipulation force to the spine to improve joint mobility and reduce pain, often comes with an audible pop. Patients and some practitioners often regard this audible sound as a sign of a successful treatment, but ...
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