meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Naked Scientists Podcast

Fuels Of The Future

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6958 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2016

⏱️ 55 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week we'll need you to fasten your seatbelts because we're taking a trip into the future of fuels. We're asking if biofuels are really that brilliant and finding out how one lab is attempting to reinvent diesel.Plus, new research that could help unclog arteries and the data storage solution that operates at the scale of individual atoms. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

I have you loud and clear.

0:03.0

Hello.

0:04.0

Hello.

0:05.0

Welcome.

0:06.0

Science.

0:09.0

And that is the same

0:10.0

physics medicine, nature, or

0:12.0

big time, brain, life, the universe.

0:15.0

Hello, this week we're going to be asking you to fasten your seatbells because later in the

0:21.1

program we're taking a trip into the future of fuels.

0:24.8

We'll ask if biofuels really are that brilliant and we'll find out how one lab is attempting

0:29.8

to reinvent diesel.

0:32.0

Plus new research that could help to unclog arteries and the data storage solution that

0:37.4

operates at the scale of individual atoms.

0:40.8

I'm Katani.

0:42.0

I'm Chris Smith and you're listening to the Naked Scientists.

0:46.0

The Naked Scientists podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. K Heart disease and strokes are the leading cause of death worldwide.

1:03.2

They occur when blood vessels become furred up by fatty deposits called aferoma, which also contains

1:08.7

dead and apoptotic cell debris, which the body seems to struggle to remove. Now Stanford

1:14.4

scientist Nick Leeper thinks he knows why and may also have got to the heart of

1:18.6

solving the problem. Our body will turn over as many as a hundred

1:22.1

billion cells per day, every day.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr Chris Smith, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr Chris Smith and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.