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Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

The Case of the Shrinking Laboratory

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

What if you could shrink your technology down to a size that’s 100,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair? It sounds like sci-fi, but it’s not. Romain Quidant shows us how he helped shrink an entire medical laboratory down to the size of a computer chip. The “lab on a chip” uses molecular mini-detectives to track down diseases hiding within a tiny drop of blood. We’ll find out how it works, and why a tiny particle could make a big difference for human health. To see a photo of Romain holding the lab on the chip, check out our blog at sciencepodcastforkids.com/blog. Tumble is brought to you with support from KiwiCo. KiwiCo is offering Tumble listeners the chance to try them for free - to redeem this offer and learn more about their projects for kids, visit kiwico.com/tumble. Love Tumble? Support us on Patreon! All you need to do is go to patreon.com/tumblepodcast and sign up to pledge. Listener support makes a HUGE difference in helping us make the show. We’d also love to give you a shoutout on our next episode!

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Lindsay.

0:04.0

And I'm Marshall.

0:05.0

Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.

0:09.0

Today, we're going to a place where physics meets medicine.

0:13.0

We're going to visit a lab on a chip.

0:16.0

What kind of chip?

0:17.0

Like potato chip?

0:18.0

Tortilla chip?

0:19.0

Those are my favorite.

0:20.0

No, it's a computer chip.

0:22.0

We're about to find out how a physicist is using the tiniest particles to help save lives

0:29.0

from dangerous diseases right after this.

0:34.0

Tumble is brought to you with support from Spotify for podcasters.

0:37.0

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0:40.0

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0:46.0

with an interface so easy to learn that fourth graders can get started

0:49.0

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