Sweeteners, seagrass, and sterilised plastic
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 958 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | All engine running, running, |
| 0:03.0 | absolute genius. |
| 0:04.0 | Get this. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:06.0 | This is the show where we bring science. |
| 0:08.0 | What that essentially means is |
| 0:09.0 | Discoveries, |
| 0:10.0 | advances, research, technology, unbelievable. |
| 0:13.4 | Without further ado, this is the naked scientist. |
| 0:17.4 | Hello and welcome to the naked scientists. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm Will Tingle, and in the program this week, the plastic that sterilizes itself, why |
| 0:25.2 | sweetness are worse for you than sugar, and how will seagrass react to climate change? |
| 0:30.3 | The Naked Scientist Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. James Dyson of |
| 0:45.4 | of Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner Fame runs an international design award |
| 0:49.2 | competition that's intended to inspire the next generation of design engineers. |
| 0:54.0 | In his words, it's a chance for budding inventors to make a name for themselves. |
| 0:58.0 | The results from the latest round have recently been announced, |
| 1:01.0 | and the UK's winner was an entry from a team at Imperial College and the Royal College of Art. |
| 1:05.5 | The concept they've come up with is called Dot Plot and it's a hand-out device to help women |
| 1:10.0 | perform breast self-examination. Deborah Babylola told Chris Smith what inspired |
| 1:14.7 | them to come up with the concept in the first place and how it works. |
| 1:18.1 | Doppler is all about eliminating the confusion and the misconceptions around performing breast self-checks. |
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