The state of Russian science, and improving implantable bioelectronics

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🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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First up on this week’s show: the future of science in Russia. We hear about how the country’s scientists are split into two big groups: those that left Russia after the invasion of Ukraine and those that stayed behind. Freelance journalist Olga Dobrovidova talks with host Sarah Crespi about why so many have left, and the situation for those who remain. Next on the show: miniature, battery-free bioelectronics. Jacob Robinson, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University, discusses how medical implants could go battery-free by harvesting energy from the human body and many other potential innovations in store for these internal medical devices. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. About the Science Podcast Authors: Sarah Crespi; Olga Dobrovidova LINKS FOR MP3 META Episode page: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adm8195 About the Science Podcast: https://www.science.org/content/page/about-science-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	I'm Sarah Crespi.
1:02.0	First up on this week's show, we hear from freelance journalist Olga Dobra Vidava about what's happening with Russian science
1:09.0	since the start of the Ukraine war over 500 days ago,
1:13.7	and why so many researchers have left Russia.
1:16.9	Next, implanted electronics.
1:19.3	Researcher Jacob Robinson talks about how to improve electronics for inside the body.
1:24.2	From harvesting power to transmitting data, there's a lot to do.
1:30.3	Now we're going to hear from our freelancer Olga Dobrivedova about the dilemma Russian scientists face, whether to stay in the country or leave, more than 500 days after the start of the war in Ukraine.
1:51.3	Did you leave Russia because of what was going on with the war in Ukraine?
1:56.7	Yeah, so I was in the middle of changing jobs in February, and I was going to join an international
2:04.6	project, and it became really clear, really fast that that's not going to work.
2:09.4	So yeah, pretty much after the war started on February 24th, I started working with my editors
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