Powering up the National Grid

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

🗓️ 12 May 2014

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week we look at how our power grids are going to be transformed. From technology which hopes to reduce our energy prices to new ways to include wind and solar power in the grid. Plus, in the news, what Google have up their sleeve for their next smartphone, the proposed takeover of the UK pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, and why AM radio could be sending birds off course... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	And the Hello welcome to the naked scientists with me Chris Smith and also with
0:19.9	Kat Arnie. This week the camel virus that's killing people in the Middle East
0:24.4	how the next generation of smartphones could lead to an augmented reality
0:28.2	revolution and what might the proposed takeover of the pharmaceutical giant
0:32.0	AstraZeneca mean for British jobs.
0:34.4	Plus we take a look at power transmission systems of tomorrow.
0:39.4	How will the national grid adapt to more uncertain supply sources like solar. How can energy be stored in a
0:44.9	gravel pit and we'll find out about the next generation of ultra high voltage supply systems.
0:50.9	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk.
0:57.0	First, the MERS-Kove coronavirus, which was in the news after health officials issued advice to passengers
1:09.2	when a man from Saudi Arabia was admitted to hospital in Chicago after flying through Heathrow Airport.
1:15.0	He was on a British Airways plane from Riyadh and those sitting near him were advised to contact
1:19.3	the NHS if they felt unwell.
1:21.6	Merzkov stands for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus
1:25.7	and it seems to be spreading from Saudi Arabia with nearly 500 people infected so far and more
1:30.9	than 100 deaths. Now new research suggests that you should steer clear of
1:35.0	camels if you want to avoid catching it. I caught up with virus expert Professor Wendy Barclay
1:40.3	from Imperial College to get the latest.
1:42.4	MERS is a newly discovered virus and it's a member of a class of viruses called
1:49.3	the coronaviruses and until just a few years ago until the early 2000s the only coronaviruses
1:58.8	that we knew about that infected human beings caused mild colds and then around about 2003 along came a brand new
2:07.4	coronavirus called SARS which many listeners will have heard of which of course
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