Science Stories

Dec 06 2024 300 ep. 39 mins 361
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Science Stories fortæller historier om videnskab baseret på nysgerrighed og fascination af viden og indsigt, men vi kan også være kritiske og stille spørgsmål ved veletablerede dogmer. Vi stræber efter at forstå grundlaget for viden og sætte den i perspektiv. Redaktionen er uafhængig og ikke underlagt udefrakommende politiske eller kommercielle interesser.

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[Best of] Mitochondria are key to prevent aging and disease

Dec 06 2024 42 mins  
Mitochondria are called the powerhouse of the cells. They convert nutrients into energy, and they may hold the key to reverse aging and cure a large number of diseases. This is why exercise is important. But, can science one day come up with a pill that can reverse the aging of mitochondria? How close are we to solve this fundamental discovery? Professor Zhen Yan from University o

Evolution of the brain

Nov 28 2024 27 mins  
What can vi learn from sponges or other primitive animals who have no brain. at all? What are the advantage of spending a lot of energy on maintaining a brain and what can the study of animals with none or very primitive brains teach us about evolution of complex animals with large brains. Professor Dr. Detlev Arendt is explaining to science journalist Jens Degett the advantage of

Shape, stiffness and tension are important for understanding your body

Nov 21 2024 20 mins  
Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, are taking the understanding of cell biology to a new level. Research group leader Alba Diz-Muñoz explains how shape or form, stiffness or rigidity, architecture and tension can make a big difference in your body’s reaction to physiology and disease. It is not only hormone signals, DNA and b

Algorithms and the patterns of life

Nov 14 2024 18 mins  
Science Stories is visiting the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and asks some of the leading researchers about their work. This week science journalist Jens Degett interviews Dr Anna Kreshuk about how she and her research group is working with algorithms and image analysis to understand fundamentally how life works from the most primitive to the most adv

Particle physics moving faster than ever

Nov 07 2024 29 mins  
The LHC is the biggest and most powerful particle accelerator in the World. Senior researcher Troels Petersen from the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen is explaning what is going on in Geneva and why the accelerator is producing more results than ever. Science journalist Jens Degett is interviewing Troels Petersen. This podcast is supported by a Maria Leptin / EMBO Science Jour

On the creation of life 2

Oct 31 2024 62 mins  
Experts from all over the world met four days during the Summer 2024 invited by the Niels Bohr Institute to discuss the available knowledge on the theme: Are we a Unique Species on a Unique Planet? - or are we just the ordinary Galactic standard? A selection of recognised scientist gave their best bid on: - Life on Exoplanets? - Disks and pre-biology - Terrestrial contra alien bio

On the creation of life 1

Oct 24 2024 62 mins  
Experts from all over the world met four days during the Summer 2024 invited by the Niels Bohr Institute to discuss the available knowledge on the theme: Are we a Unique Species on a Unique Planet? - or are we just the ordinary Galactic standard? A selection of recognised scientist gave their best bid on: - Life on Exoplanets? - Disks and pre-biology - Terrestrial contra alien bi

[Best of] Circadian Rhythms

Oct 17 2024 23 mins  
All organisms from fruit flies to humans share the same mechanism for controlling the day and night rhythms also called the circadian rhythms. This mechanism is considered fundamental to all advanced life forms, and it has a surprising feature. It binds us genetically to live on earth. Michael Rosbash received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2017 for the discovery of the circadia

IceCube may reveal structure of the universe

Oct 11 2024 24 mins  
You may have heard about about space telescopes and gravitational wave detectors which are new instruments for the investigation of space and the universe. Now a new instrument is being tested underneath the South Pole. It literally consists of a cubic kilometer large ice cube with detectors that can catch small light emissions from a long distance. This instrument is giving us a

Mars research update 2024

Oct 03 2024 29 mins  
Several research groups all over the world are working intensively around the clock driving rowers around and making experiments on Mars. A lot is happening, and we are learning a lot every day. Senior researcher Morten Bo Madsen from the Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen explains to science Journalist Jens Degett some of the latest results presented rently. Huge