Concrete concerns, and pharaoh de toilette
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 958 Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | All engine running. |
| 0:03.0 | Absolutely genius. |
| 0:04.0 | Get this. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:06.0 | This is the show where we bring you science. |
| 0:08.0 | What that essentially means is. |
| 0:09.0 | Discovery is, |
| 0:10.0 | the classes, research, technology, unbelievable. |
| 0:13.4 | Without further ado, this is the naked scientist. |
| 0:17.4 | Hello and welcome to the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, |
| 0:21.6 | technology and medicine with me James Titco. |
| 0:24.7 | Coming up, can civil engineers help rescue the UK's crumbling schools and hospitals? |
| 0:31.8 | Also ahead? I certainly feel that sepsis robbed me of the first six months with my |
| 0:36.5 | my newborn daughter and that's something I can never get back. We'll be hearing about a new initiative |
| 0:41.6 | that is hoping to improve the treatment of sepsis. |
| 0:45.2 | And a bit later on, how the scent of ancient Egypt has been replicated in a Danish museum. |
| 0:51.6 | All that and more coming up here on the naked scientists. reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete or rack, |
| 1:08.8 | R-A-AC for short was used as a cheap lightweight building material between the 1950s and 1990s. |
| 1:16.0 | Many public buildings across the UK and indeed the world contain it, |
| 1:21.0 | but questions have been raised this week as to its safety. |
| 1:24.0 | Some schools containing rack have been forced to shut their doors over fears that it poses a risk to children and their teachers. |
| 1:31.0 | And hospital bosses have also warned that they are ready to evacuate workers and |
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