From H-5…. to high five! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The H-5 bird flu is making animals sick and eggs expensive! And people can catch H-5 too from sick animals. What can we do about this invisible menace? Enter Joshin Kumar and team from
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Rapunzel, Rapunzel! Let down your golden hairrr….conditioning secrets! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. There’s a problem with hair conditioners. They’re not too friendly to the environment! Many conditioners contain ingredients made from chemicals and petroleum. Is there a better recipe? Enter Fengyang Wang and
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Ring ring! Hello, do you trust SCIENTISTS??? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Seventy thousand people across the globe were asked this very question by Viktoria Cologna from Harvard. And? There’s room for improvement. Over eighty percent of responders want scientists to be more communicative
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Water and technology don’t mix! But what if they did? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Scientists from China’s Yibin Academy of Southwest University floated an electrifying idea for… MARINE BATTERIES! Hmmm. Batteries use electrodes to direct the flow of ions, like SODIUM, to power
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Can your brain handle outer space? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Davide Marotta and team from New York wondered how gravity affects the brain. Combining different types of sticky brain cells, they made tissue-like structures called organoids. And… BLAST OFF! Organoids were sent to
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Look out! It’s the A-Team: A-I and A-S-L! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Sign language combines hand and body movements with facial expressions to communicate. Translator apps and software have to work very differently for this visual language. PLUS, sign language is not universal;
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Click click! Brain selfie! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Diagnosing mental health disorders takes a VILLAGE of experts and medical tests. Despite progress, diagnoses are still taken with a BRAIN of salt. How can we do better? Enter Spencer Kinsey and team from Georgia
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Uh oh, spaghetti-o! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Foodies know, there’s a type of pasta for every occasion! Not just meat or cheese – we’re talking filters, biofuels, even wound healing! Really! But how do they get ‘em that small? Usually, we’d use nanofibers.
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Is Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse… DYING?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Scientists are keeping a close telescope on the tenth brightest star, Betelgeuse. Jared Goldberg and team from Flatiron Institute saw it dim and brighten. This pulsing light usually signals a star’s DEATH! BUT a closer
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You’ve heard of e-waste, what about Lululemon waste? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Fast fashion generates so much clothing waste: over ninety million tons annually! Sadly, less than one percent of our old clothes currently get recycled. How can we do better? Enter chemical
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