Our Changing World for Thursday 30 May 2019
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Gadolinium - plays a key role in MRI scans
8:00 AM.Gadolinium has interesting magnetic properties and is used as a contrast agent in MRI scans, according to AUT's Prof Allan Blackman in ep 29 of Elemental. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 30 May 2019
9:05 PM.Many of Wellington's streams now run in pipes under the roads, and the aspergillosis crisis in the kakapo population grows. Audio
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The streams beneath the streets
9:06 PM.New research shows Wellington's underground streams are important homes and highways for freshwater fish. Read more Audio
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Kākāpō health concerns continue
2:00 PM.The number of cases of aspergillosis in the kākāpō population continues to rise, with 30 birds on the mainland for testing & treatment. The deaths of Huhana and Merty drop the adult population to 142… Read more Audio
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Gallium - mysterious case of the disappearing spoon
8:00 AM.Gallium is the second element named after France, is a key element in mobile phones & Blu-ray players & melts at body temperature, says Prof Allan Blackman in ep 30 of Elemental. Read more Audio
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Germanium - important in the first transistors
8:00 AM.Germanium is a metalloid that was a key element in early transistors and is now used in optical fibres and infrared night vision scopes, says Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 31 of Elemental. Read more Audio
