The Fifth State of Matter

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

🗓️ 9 June 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Come celebrate the 25th anniversary of some Nobel-prize-winning science: the fifth state of matter, a strange quantum soup known as a Bose-Einstein condensate. What is it, and why is it at the cutting edge of physics? Plus, in the news: signs that 2 metre social distancing is twice as effective as one metre; an app that can help you avoid encountering COVID-19 when you shop; and two astronauts blast off to the International Space Station... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	I have you loud and clear.
0:03.3	Hello.
0:04.3	Hello.
0:05.3	Welcome.
0:06.3	Science and that is the same physics, medicine, nature, or
0:12.0	time, the brain, life, the universe.
0:15.0	Hello, welcome to the naked scientists,
0:18.0	the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine
0:22.0	with me Phil Sansom and Chris Smith.
0:25.0	This week we're celebrating the silver anniversary of a Nobel Prize winning piece of science.
0:30.0	Meet the fifth state of matter, a strange quantum soup known as a Boz-Einstein condensate.
0:37.0	Why is this on the cutting edge of physics?
0:40.0	We'll find out.
0:41.0	Plus, in the news, signs that 2 meter social distancing is twice as effective as 1 meter,
0:46.4	an app that can help you avoid encountering COVID when you shop, and two astronauts blast
0:51.0	off to the International Space Station.
0:53.6	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. First up this week the ongoing debate about how far you should stand away from strangers.
1:11.5	The UK Government's advice is still to keep two meters apart, but the
1:14.4	World Health Organization, the WHO, has been recommending one meter more recently.
1:20.3	Now, new research funded by the WHO itself suggests that yes two meters is better in fact it may be twice as effective at stopping the virus spreading as one meter
1:31.7	Although you are talking about transmission rates of just 2.6%
1:37.0	compared to 1.3% so it's not huge in absolute terms.
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