Our Changing World for Thursday 27 June 2019
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Indium - Queen of the touchscreen
8:00 AM.Indium is a very soft metal, and as indium-tin-oxide it is an indispensable part of the swipeability of touchscreens, says Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 37 of Elemental. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World for 27 June 2019
9:05 PM.NIWA is putting freshwater fish through their paces in a swimming test, and the story of indium, the chemical element that is the Queen of the touchscreen. Audio
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Freshwater fish swim for science
9:06 PM.NIWA scientists are putting freshwater fish such as inanga through swimming trials, to find out how they cope with water moving at different speeds. Read more Video, Audio
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Kākāpō waiting game
6:00 PM.The kākāpō health crisis is stable, with no further cases of aspergillosis diagnosed, and seven hand-reared chicks have been successfully released in the wild, in ep 21 of the Kākāpō Files. Read more Audio
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Iodine - a vital trace element
8:00 AM.A lack of iodine causes goitre, and seafood and iodised salt are good sources of this important trace element, says Prof Allan Blackman from AUT, in ep 38 of Elemental. Read more Audio
