Curiosity Daily Podcast: Rice TV Screen, Satellite Warfare, Unraveled DNA

Episode show notes:

Rice is more than food. It’s TV.

• World’s First LED Lights Developed from Rice Husks by Hiroshima University
• https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/news/70366
• Orange–Red Si Quantum Dot LEDs from Recycled Rice Husks by Shiho Terada, et al.
• https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c04985#
• What is Quantum Dot Display Technology? by Dave Haynes
• https://insights.samsung.com/2021/12/29/what-is-quantum-dot-display-technology/
• Exploring the Environmental Impact of Quantum Dots by Rachel Berkowitz
• https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/pt.5.7339/full/

Space weapons.

• Analysts Warn Anti-Satellite Weapons Have Evolved Beyond Missiles by Wired
• https://www.wired.com/story/analysts-warn-anti-satellite-weapons-have-evolved-beyond-missiles/
• Russia Conducts Destructive Anti-Satellite Missile Test by Anthony Blinken
• https://www.state.gov/russia-conducts-destructive-anti-satellite-missile-test/
• UK Presses UN on Treaty Over Space Weapons by Amanda Miller
• https://www.airforcemag.com/uk-un-treaty-to-ban-anti-satellite-tests/
• Satellite Debris Forces Space Station Crew to Take Shelter; U.S. Blames "Reckless" Russian Missile Test by William Harwood
• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/satellite-debris-space-station-crew-take-shelter/
• Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) by Atomic Heritage Foundation
• https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/strategic-defense-initiative-sdi

100% Genome.

• Complete Human Genome Sequenced for First Time In Major Breakthrough by Becky Ferreira
• https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3v4y7/complete-human-genome-sequenced-for-first-time-in-major-breakthrough
• The Complete Sequence of a Human Genome by Sergey Nurk, et al.
• https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abj6987
• What is the Human Genome Project by The National Human Genome Research Institute
• https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project/What
• A Brief Guide to Genomics by The National Human Genome Research Institute
• https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/A-Brief-Guide-to-Genomics

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