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Our Changing World for Thursday 12 September 2019

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  • Polonium - few redeeming features

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    8:00 AM.Polonium will be forever linked with the names Curie and Litvinenko and has negligible desirable features, says Prof Allan Blackman in ep 61 of Elemental. Read more Audio

  • Our Changing World for 12 September 2019

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    9:05 PM.MacDiarmid Institute scientists talk about how their work improving solar panel efficiency and developing carbon capture and storage techniques might shape cities of the future. Audio

  • Green cities of the future - what we can expect in 2050

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    The 'future city' depicted in this Te Papa graphic includes carbon capture technology and a new-generation of flexible solar panels.

    9:06 PM.Better solar panels and efficient carbon capture technology will help shape the impact and look of cities in the future, say MacDiarmid Institute scientists. Read more Audio

  • Potassium - a matter of life and death

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    8:00 AM.From levitating burnt buttocks, to excitable nerves and sure-to-rise baking, potassium is highly reactive and vital to life, says Prof Allan Blackman in ep 62 of Elemental. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Thursday, 5 September 2019
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