Mr. Batz? The nurse will see you now. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Bats are major carriers for new viruses, like rabies and COVID-19. What if we could vaccinate bats, first? Hongyue Li [HONG-yweh LEE] and team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have
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Tired of being a T-cell? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Killer T-cells are immune cells that defend against tumors and viruses. But! One type of T-cell kills tumors, while another… becomes exhausted and just gives up. The problem? Telling them apart! H. Kay Chung
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What’s clouding our vision, even when skies are clear? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Bad air quality, like smog and smoke, can reduce visibility and cause illnesses like asthma. Children are especially susceptible to harm from pollution. But is air pollution also damaging their
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Robot, bring me… processed junk food! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Humans have no problem handling delicate items. Robots, on the other hand, lack in this department. So Siqi Shang and team at the University of Texas, Austin, have developed the FORTE technology. FORTE
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But how does your DOG feel about it? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Many studies have tried to link genetic factors to personality traits in humans. Sniffing out whether that’s true is… complex. So Enoch Alex and team at the University of Cambridge UK
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Talk about deep, deep trouble. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Contaminated soil doesn’t recover overnight. Pollution is stubborn. But belowground, nature has already begun the cleanup. How? Enter Danielle Stevenson and team at the Center for Applied Ecological Remediation. They collected soil samples from
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Can the “little blue pill” get our cells up and running again? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science… And we’re talking about Mitochondria, the tiny structures that power our cells. In the nightmarish Leigh syndrome, broken mitochondria cause weakness, loss of movement, and dangerous metabolic
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The ancient Greeks were lying! Sort of… This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. As you get closer to the sun it gets hotter, right? Wrong! The sun’s SURFACE is much cooler than the region slightly deeper called the corona. Daniele Telloni at the Italian National Institute
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What if entertainment’s next big thing was discovered in a science lab? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ants. They’re everywhere. But inside each tiny body? A universe of muscles, organs, and armor. Enter Julian Katzke and team at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. Researchers
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Green energy? What about… blue energy?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Every day, we need more renewable energy — but there’s only so much land for windmills and solar farms. So why not capture the power of ocean waves? Enter Takahito Iida and the
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