Our Changing World for Thursday 12 December 2019
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Our Changing World for 12 December 2019
9:05 PM.Charlie Dreaver investigates apartments and earthquake resilience in 'Living the high life on shaky ground' & the chemical element vanadium. Audio
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Living the high life on shaky ground
9:06 PM.Charlie Dreaver investigates the issues around strengthening apartment buildings to make them more resilient to earthquakes. Read more Video, Audio
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Vanadium - Model T Fords, big batteries & sea squirts
8:00 AM.Vanadium makes steel stronger & lighter, is being used in what will be the world's largest battery, and sea squirts are full of it, says Prof Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 91 of Elemental. Read more Audio
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Xenon - a stranger in search of strange particles
8:00 AM.Xenon is a noble gas that turns up in various lights, gets used in xenon ion propulsion systems for spacecraft & plays a key role in the search for dark matter, says Prof Allan Blackman from AUT in ep… Read more Audio
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Ytterbium - yet another element named after Ytterby
8:00 AM.Ytterbium is yet another lanthanoid named after the Swedish village of Ytterby, says Prof Allan Blackman in ep 93 of Elemental. Read more Audio
