Joel Barker

How space mice help human bone health

How mice can help you have strong bones. Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report that tests on mice in space has produced research to help humans recover and increase bone density..

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Move over Goldfinger. Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on a laser weapon the U.S. Navy has produced that can take a plane down, not unlike the fictional one Goldfinger used against James Bond almost 40 years ago.
The new normal is getting exciting. Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on greenhouses on top of supermarkets, and new brain imaging technology that shows a very orderly organ.
Joel told us 3-D laser printing would be part of our future. Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the ways 3-D laser printing of objects will create opportunity and cause disruptions, like laser printed pistol recently demonstrated.
A breakthrough in preventing hospital-acquired infections. Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on a ultra-violet light emitting robot that kills the MRSA pathogens, like staff, that causes 100,000 deaths annually in the U.S.
Do whales know more about aerodynamics than we do? Joel Barker joins Jim Blasingame to report on what we're learning from whales about how to develop the leading edges of windmills to increase energy generating efficiency.