{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f/400e6f80-3344-4e59-9510-be97214ba392?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"25 March 2020: Ultra-fast electrical switches, and computing heart health","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f3b71a8cbe675f3cedcb/61b9f40a7701000015818096.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>This week, a speedy, yet simple switch, and a video-based AI helps assess heart health.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>01:57 Speedy switches</strong></p><p>Researchers have developed an ultra-fast electrical switch that they hope can be used in communication and imaging applications.&nbsp;<em>Research Article:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2118-y\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nikoo et al.</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>08:14 Research Highlights</strong></p><p>Using sound to estimate glacial retreat, and building a dodgier drone.&nbsp;<em>Research Highlight:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00858-z\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Underwater microphones listen as as glacier retreats</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>Research article:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/5/40/eaaz9712\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Falanga et al.</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>10:32 Algorithmic heart diagnosis</strong></p><p>Scientists have developed a new algorithm which calculates the amount of blood pumped by the heart beat by beat.&nbsp;<em>Research Article:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2145-8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Ouyang et al.</em></a>;&nbsp;<em>News and Views:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00819-6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>AI tracks a beating heart’s function over time</em></a></p><p><a href=\"https://go.nature.com/get-the-nature-briefing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</em></a></p>","author_name":"Springer Nature Limited"}