🔬 Intercrystal Discovery, Quantum Computing Breakthroughs, and Long COVID Mystery

Today's episode explores groundbreaking materials science with the discovery of intercrystals, a new class of materials with unique electronic properties for greener technology. We delve into quantum computing advances, including magnetic protection for qubits and solutions to 90-year-old physics problems. The show also covers NASA's Parker Solar Probe observations of solar magnetic reconnection, potential biomarkers for long COVID, and promising cancer research targeting minor splicing. Additional stories include bearded dragon sex-switching genetics, prenatal microbiome impacts on brain development, and James Webb Space Telescope discoveries about planet formation in hostile cosmic environments.Love Science? Check out our other Science tools: 60sec.site and Artificial Intelligence Radio