Nanotechnology: sci-fi or sci-fact?

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

We've seen them in movies, but how close are we to having nanorobots in reality? And what will we do with them? We'll be unpicking the tiny details of nanotechnology! Plus in the news this week: as Omicron cases continue to rise, what can we learn about it from South Africa? Researchers figure out why quitting smoking often leads to weight gain. And why we're bad judges of when we're over the drink-drive limit Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
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0:05.0	I'm so genius. Get this.
0:06.0	Welcome.
0:07.0	This is the show where we bring science.
0:09.0	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:11.0	advances, research, technology, unbelievable. is where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science technology in medicine with me
0:23.7	Chris Smith and with Sally LePage. This week as omicron cases continue to rise
0:28.3	what can we learn about it from South Africa? Researchers figure out why quitting smoking
0:33.2	often leads to weight gain and why we're all bad judges of when we're
0:37.4	over the drink drive limit. Plus we've seen them in the movies but how close are
0:42.3	we to having nano robots in reality?
0:45.8	And what are we going to do with them when we get them?
0:47.8	We'll be unpacking the tiny details of nanotech.
0:51.6	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. It's now almost three weeks since we learned of the emergence in southern Africa of the
1:10.2	highly transmissible COVID variant that the WHO of diplomatically christened Omicron.
1:15.2	A handful of initial cases detected in the UK have quickly become thousands,
1:20.7	and now with wide-scale spread in the the community over 15% of the positive
1:25.4	COVID diagnosis each day are this new variant. Fearing the health services are
1:30.4	at risk of being overwhelmed again, the UK government announced new restrictions
1:34.9	to try to slow down the spread.
1:37.1	We're seeing growth in cases here in the UK that now mirrors the rapid increase is previously seen in South Africa.
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