ResearchPod
ResearchPod science podcasts connect the research community to a global audience of peers and the public, raising visibility and impact. www.researchpod.org. All content is shared under the Creative Commons CCBY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. For further information, email [email protected]
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 486
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
How can we make robots evolve autonomously?
Professor A E Eiben at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, in The Netherlands, shows how robots could pass on their advantageous traits to new generations, allowing them to adapt to unfamiliar environments…
How play and learning can increase educational equity
Children from families with low or insecure incomes are at greater odds of hindered language development and cognitive growth, with gaps in ability between poor and secure families evident as early a…
A novel plant-based source of Omega-3
Omega-3 fatty acids are essential to human health, and are mainly sourced from wild caught fish. Those same fish are also an essential part of feeding farmed salmon as their own source of omega-3. W…
The past, present and future of cancer care
There have been scores of drug approvals across the globe for treating cancer in recent years, and the right combination of treatment and patient can lead to longer, better living with the disease. W…
Perceptions of safety and maintenance in cycling infrastructure
The infrastructure for transport within and between towns offers more than just a means to get from one place to another. It can shape the formation of those towns, and how people relate to traveling…
To trust or not to trust: A psychoneurobiological framework
A trusting society is open, inclusive, and promotes both social and personal well-being. Understanding the interpersonal trust between any members of society, be it a belief, intention or behaviour, …
Adaptive Heritage: Creative thinking or abandoning our values?
Our world is always changing. Some of those changes, such as climate change or depletion of natural resources, are coming fast, and could have far reaching impacts on nature and culture for generatio…
Regulation, prevalence and impacts of cannabis consumption in the US
Depending on when and where you listen to this podcast, you may be legally allowed to possess cannabis for your own recreational enjoyment. Or it may land you in jail.
That’s not just a difference be…
'Rebooting' retired endocrinologists to provide vital diabetes care
In the face of a staff shortage among endocrinologists in the US, patient care for those with diabetes is paramount.
Dr Richard Santen at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, offers a solut…
Could nanomaterials be an alternative better treatment for COVID-19?
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple vaccines and treatments have been proposed to combat the disease. However, one limitation of these vaccines and treatments is that they are often de…
Smart charging of electric vehicles
Forecasts project that there will be around 100 million electric vehicles on the roads in the next few decades. With that additional electricity demand, it's important to consider how we are going to…
Making strides in veterinary pathology
Dr Shelley Newman of Newman Specialty VetPath, USA, has improved the diagnosis, classification, and treatment of mast cell tumours and pancreatic diseases in veterinary species and contributed to the…
Transition and opportunity - Making the most of China’s future
Even this early in the 21st century, there are signs of economic and cultural trends that may be its hallmarks in history - for better, for worse and in ways yet to be seen.
Today i’m speaking with Dr…
The influence of toxicity on plant growth dynamics
For as long as people have farmed, it has been known that planting the same crop in the same field without change over the years leads to reduced crop yield. Decaying plant material from past harvest…
Advancing nuclear fusion with nanotechnology
The dream of nuclear fusion as a source of near-unlimited energy is decades old, but, with the latest advances by research teams working around the world, it may just be within reach.
Dr Tamás Biró of…
Reality, information, and consciousness: The universe as a cosmic quantum computer
Peter Verheyen of the Sola Society and Academy at Vienna University, Austria, explores the notion that the conscious reality we experience as human beings is drawn from the information constantly emi…
Cilia proteins as biomarkers of altered flow
The cellular waste in your blood can tell you a lot about your health -any immune activation, mineral deficits, or stress hormones circulating through you. So, what do you think it means when chunks …
Roxadustat: A promising treatment for anaemia in chronic kidney disease
More than one in seven people in the US have chronic kidney disease (CKD), making it one of the top causes of death. Anaemia is a common, though under-treated complication.
Dr Robert Provenzano of Wa…
How Festivals Bring Mutual Understanding and Harmony to Southeast Asia
For members of The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), festivals are used to promote a concept known as “the ASEAN Way”: respecting each other’s sovereignty, non-interference in the int…
Accounting for biogeographical ignorance within biodiversity modelling
Biodiversity data can be analysed to predict species distribution at various scales of time and space. However, survey completeness and temporal decay in data quality introduce uncertainty into biodi…