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Shorts: Who, What, Where, When, and Cell Phones
We cover a recent study which explores how cell phone usage can be utilized to track the number of people at a specific location at any given time because after all, a large percentage of the world's population owns a cell phone!
Shorts: What if Bacteria Have Memory
Is it impossible to use synthetic biology techniques to equip bacteria with memory? We explore this latest possibility and explain the benefits of such "sensor" bacteria in using stored information to trace illnesses as well as target specific infected s
Shorts: The Bat Jam
How do bats catch their prey? Through chirping! We discuss this method of survival, as known as echolocation, which allows bats to "see" their food through creating sound waves.
Shorts: The Importance of Data
We welcome Dr. HoJoon Lee, an expert in colon cancer, and speak with him about how studying large amounts of data can indicate cancer progression.
Shorts: Displaced Populations
We welcome Toly Rinberg and Andrew Bergman and speak with them about their humanitarian efforts trying to develop a better means of locating displaced individuals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Shorts: Google Takes On Nanomedicine
Join us as we explore Google's exciting, new project aimed at using magnetic nanoparticles to diagnose cancer.
Shorts: Bacteria, Sugar, and Wires!
What happens after bacteria consume sugar? We investigate where the electrons travel through looking at the relationship between bacteria and nanowires on the molecular level.
Shorts: Why Hanger Can Cause Cancer
We all know the familiar feeling of being hangry. But is it possible that our hanger has more serious implications then our trivial craving for that burger down the street? It is very possible as we uncover a new study which focused on how our "hanger"
Shorts: Super Viruses to the Rescue!
Equipping viruses with new means of destruction: good or bad? Join us as we discuss the importance of creating and studying these "super viruses" in the advancement of medical treatments and solutions.
Shorts: Make Way for the Nobel Prize Winners!
Join us as we highlight the recipients of the Nobel Prize for physics, chemistry, and medicine, or physiology, and their breakthrough inventions.