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How Much will These Things Help the Elderly. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Ethan Allen. Scientist Ethan Allen helps us catch up on recent research directions, developments and discoveries about Alzheimers, and the availability of new treatments that might provide some relief for patients and their families. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist […]
Thesis Defense by Andres Salazar Estrada (Likable Science)
Department of Oceanography, UH Manoa. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Andres Salazar Estrada. Andres Salazar Estrada, graduate student in the Department of Oceanography at SOEST at UH Manoa, defends his Master’s Thesis, which is entitled ‘Effects of nutrient supply on metabolic rates in the oligotrophic ocean: Insights from a […]
Oceanographic Influences on Pelagic Ecology (Likable Science)
Acoustics and Combined Sampling Approaches. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Jessica Perelman. Jessica Perelman tells us about her Ph.D. dissertation and defense of that dissertation, why she chose this subject, the data gathering methodology and analysis she used to reach her conclusions, its relevance to science and humanity, where […]
Let’s Look at Burkholderia Pseudomallei (Likable Science)
In Humans – Melioidosis or Whitmore’s Disease. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Ethan Allen. Our panel discusses, Burkholderia pseudomallei (also known as Pseudomonas pseudomallei), a Gram-negative, bipolar, aerobic, motile rod-shaped bacterium. It is a soil-dwelling bacterium endemic in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, particularly in Thailand and northern Australia. It is […]
CRISPR Takes us to Science Fiction (Likable Science)
It Has Many New Remarkable Uses. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ethan Allen. Scientist Ethan Allen helps us understand the many remarkable new research uses and benefits of CRISPR, including those in infectious diseases, T-cells, tomatoes, heart failure, sickle cell anemia and sorghum harvests, and what we can expect […]
All About AI and its Potentials for Good and Evil (Likable Science)
What Are the Latest Advances in AI. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Ethan Allen. Ethan Allen, ThinkTech’s Chief Scientist, helps us understand the latest advances and applications in AI in the US and elsewhere, and its potentials for good and evil in the US and elsewhere. The ThinkTech YouTube […]
Robots Made of Frog Cells Can Now Reproduce (Likable Science)
Examining the Boundaries of Life. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Ethan Allen. Scientist Ethan Allen joins us to discuss the self-replication of robots made of frog cells. Scientists can now show how biological robots, made from repurposed frog cells, combine other loose cells into clusters that look and move like they […]
Experimental Sodium Chlorine Batteries (Likable Science)
Hold 6 Times More Charge that Lithium-ion. The hosts for this show are Jay Fidell and Ethan Allen. Our chief scientist Ethan Allen helps us understand the new sodium chlorine battery technology which is being developed by Stanford University scientists with a new version of decades-old, single-use battery architecture that is not only rechargeable, but […]
Are there flying cars in our future (Likable Science)
Silicon Valley’s quest to build them. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Ethan Allen. Ethan Allen helps us understand Are there flying cars in our future; Silicon Valley’s quest to build them. We discuss the entrepreneurs, the technologies, the challenges, the market, the timeline, and the benefits […]
Alzheimer’s Drug Approval (Likable Science)
The Tragedy and Travesty. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Mike DeWeert. Mike DeWeert helps us understand Alzheimer’s Drug Approval; The Tragedy and Travesty. We discuss the new drug, its history, its technology, its efficacy, the FDA approval, the implications, the triumph, the tragedy and the travesty. […]