Under the Microscope

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Alongside analysing AI faces & how a heart beats, we will be putting microscopy under the microscope; from the first glimpses of life up close, to stepping inside the lens and experiencing microscopic specimens in virtual reality. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	All engine running.
0:03.0	running.
0:04.0	Absolutely genius.
0:05.0	Welcome.
0:06.0	It's the show where we bring science.
0:08.0	What that essentially means is discovery is
0:10.0	advances, research, technology, unbelievable.
0:13.7	Without further ado, this is the naked scientist.
0:17.3	Hello and welcome to the show where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science,
0:21.0	technology and medicine, with me Julia Ravi and Anushka Handa.
0:25.7	On today's show, we're diving into what Lassa fever is after cases were recently reported
0:30.6	in the UK.
0:31.6	We'll be hearing about new research breaking down time in
0:35.2	millimeters and real or fake could you pick out the face of an actual human being
0:40.5	from those generated by AI.
0:42.8	Chances are probably not.
0:44.8	And later on we will be putting microscopy under the microscope
0:47.7	from the first glimpses of life up close
0:50.1	to stepping inside the lens and experiencing microscopic specimens in virtual reality.
0:55.6	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. UK.
1:07.0	Last week the UK declared its first brush for more than a decade with a rare tropical disease similar
1:15.1	in some ways to Ebola, called Lassa fever. An individual returned with the infection following
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