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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly

Episode: Tractor Beam, Crystal Palace, Botany Dark Spots

Description: Today, you’ll learn about the tiny tractor beam that could change how certain diseases are diagnosed, how a screw allowed an iconic historical building to go up faster than anyone thought possible, and why scientists are worried about the 33 dark spots with thousands of unknown plants. Tractor Beam “MIT engineers create a chip-based tractor beam for biological particles.” by Adam Zewe. 2024. “Optical tweezing of microparticles and cells using silicon-photonics-based optical phased arrays.” by Tal Sneh, et al. 2024. Crystal Palace “How London’s Crystal Palace was built so quickly.” by Jen...

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