Superquark
Season 25 Episode 2 - Prosthetics, speed on skis, and Italian "top guns"
This episode features an interesting investigation into prosthetics and implants. Every year, two million pacemakers are implanted, as well as two million silicone breast implants, heart valves, and femoral heads. Of the 10 million artificial prosthesis implants performed, approximately one-third are performed to address rejection or infection. The University of Zurich has developed a material that appears to solve this problem. It's cellulose-based, and its ability to bind human cells together would make the prostheses... invisible. Superquark reporters then visited Italian Air Force test pilots and documented their daily work at the Pratica di Mare base, to discover how this profession is changing, now called upon to flight test not only new aircraft but also new avionics software for fighter jets like the Eurofighter.
Episodes in Season 25
Bilingualism, robots in the operating room, and nuclear fusion
125 min
Prosthetics, speed on skis, and Italian "top guns"
133 min
Xylella, the brain-gut link, and private astronauts
121 min
A world without vaccines, underwater volcanoes, and cryptocurrency on the internet
127 min
Osteoporosis, stress, CO2 pollution
124 min
Gene technology against tumors, artificial steak, valve transplantation
119 min
Alzheimer's, fighting fires, energy from organic waste
123 min
Piuro's little "Pompeii", the most spoken language in the world
122 min
Pompeii, bacteria in the human body and fake news
120 min
