Bob Novella
speaker
5,248 appearances
19 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2d ago
Bob Novella’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 19 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 4.
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MIT researchers have developed this thin polymer film that's 10,000 times less permeable.
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Then other polymers.
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Okay.
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I mean, you know, on first blush, you know, I could see an advancement like this.
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I mean, companies are constantly working on making improvements like this.
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It is a massive jump forward.
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You know, 10,000 times is a profound change from the current polymers that are being used.
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We don't know if this means anything other than it happened in the lab.
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It's not like they're, you know, you can buy this stuff, whatever uses that they have for it.
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I don't know.
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That one seems like a big deal, like a big number jump there.
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Let me just go on to the first one.
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So this one here where the South Korean researchers have developed a process for increasing bacterial cellulose production by over tenfold.
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That's not – tenfold leap is not that big.
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It drives a cost way down like Steve said.
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I don't see this being a it's not a massive claim like the other two, but I find it interesting that Bob picked this one.
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And I have I could tell you that the other two seem like crazy and, you know, a lot of big, big claims and everything.
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And this one is like the stinker.
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This one's like, oh, yeah, they'll believe it.
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It's not that big of a deal.
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