Viruses, the energy transition, new drugs
Superquark · Season 27 · Episode 1
Why is it so difficult to do without fossil fuels, and how can we accelerate the energy transition to cleaner sources? We've figured it out: viruses can spread with a simple sneeze and circle the planet in just a few weeks. But where do they come from? And how are they studied? Every year, more than 50 new drugs appear on the market. Paolo Magliocco and Rossella Li Vigni visited the Poison Control Center at the Maugeri Clinical Institutes in Pavia to learn about the arduous struggle to discover them, catalog them. And make them illegal.
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Season
27
Episode
1
Air Date
15/Jul/2020
Air Time
—
Runtime
87 min
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Why is it so difficult to do without fossil fuels, and how can we accelerate the energy transition to cleaner sources? We've figured it out: viruses can spread with a simple sneeze and circle the planet in just a few weeks. But where do they come from? And how are they studied? Every year, more than 50 new drugs appear on the market. Paolo Magliocco and Rossella Li Vigni visited the Poison Control Center at the Maugeri Clinical Institutes in Pavia to learn about the arduous struggle to discover them, catalog them. And make them illegal.
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