Episode 1222
Alzheimer's fingerprick test, and space debris sonic booms
Plus, what happens in our noses when we catch a cold?
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
January 23, 202631m 16s
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Show Notes
This week, a blood finger-prick test has been developed to detect Alzheimer's disease before symptoms arise. But how accurate is it? Plus, tracking space debris reentry from their sonic booms with earthquake-detecting seismometers, what happens in our noses when we are infected by the common cold, and the plants that use heat to get pollinated by beetles... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
alzheimer's diseasefinger-prick testdementiaspace debrissonic boomseismometersshockwavesrhinoviruscommon coldnasal tissueinterferonimmune systempollinationgymnosporespineconescircadian rhythmscircadian clocks