marty john karr seems become pieces of history. the songs over don't go away but stay with us for all time. low to the sound of fresh starts february 7th w. . hello and welcome to tomorrow today the science show on d w coming up. the life of our lives. no sun no life to explore the fascinating and at times destructive forces in the star at the hands of our solar system and look at our scientists are trying to improve solar weather predictions. farms stables and the healing powers that lurk in the air scientists think they found a cure for anna to use and it might just have

a lot to do with cow urine. is there a way to harness the funny fact inmates and also on the show. that synthetic fuels be the best way to achieve carbon neutral comforts thanks for joining us. it proves the rhythms of our lives. provides. helps our bodies produce essential place indeed. it makes the food that we rely on for nourishment grow. and plays a vital role in the production of the oxygen we breathe. without the sun there's been no life on earth but in fact it's just a very average stuff. our sun is a huge ball of light. took lead charge to gas. at sky

amator as over $100.00 times that of a person. can. spots regularly appear on its surface they show up darker on telescopes because they're cooler than the surrounding area. all. looking at it in the ultraviolet spectrum reveals powerful eruptions with loops of hot plasma shooting out from the surface. of the sun's core as a furnace converting hydrogen into helium it takes more than 100000 years for the radiation produced to reach the sun's surface. the temperature there is $6000.00 degrees celsius for a cooler than the sun's atmosphere at a 1000000 degrees the corona can be seen with the naked eye during a total eclipse. our sun has been shining bright for around 4 and

a half 1000000000 years despite its spectacular characteristics it's just another normal star like countless others in the milky way. once its hydrogen has completely burned out the sun will expand and become what's known as a red giant by then it will of turned earth into a dead planet. since time immemorial human beings have understood the key role played by our sun it provides the earth with heat and light the sun the rich diversity of life on earth would never have developed. different peoples throughout human history have worshipped the sun and brought sacrificial gifts to win its favor. the sun also marks the progression from morning till night its course is a more accurate measure of days than the moon and of the seasons.

in this way would serve humanity as a compass in time. in the 16th century polish astronomer nicholas copernicus placed the sun rather than the earth at the center of the universe that led to a show. shift in thinking and sober physics took on a new significance. but we had to wait for human made satellites to reveal just how influential our sun is it ejects a steady stream of charged particles into space known as the sole whirlwind. at the edges of our solar system this stream forms an enormous protective bubble that shields earth and the other planets from cosmic radiation emitted by the rest of the milky way. these solar wind can protect us but they can also be destructive.

when massive spikes of radiation emitted by the sun reach the earth they not only pose a danger to the satellites in orbit. they can cause entire college credits to collapse . to northern from vinay 859 there was a huge solar flare or a massive eruption from the sun the only electrical system in place then was the telegraph and it broke down. and the telegraph is relatively robust compared to the microchips that we now use all over the place in space and airplanes if there's another flare like that and we don't know how often they occur then we have no idea what it would do but we do know it would have a much greater impact today. to help them predict storms on the sun european researches have developed a new solo over to assess and i that will soon launch into space its mission to

report back to earth with the solar weather forecast. for all of the tide of violence and solar storms we see on the sun a caused by relatively small struck shows in its magnetic field that's why solar researches want to examine it with as much precision as possible they hope that will tell them how and when such storms begin to brew to do that their solar satellite has to get as close as possible to the sun and observe it with several different telescopes. and with some sort of. with the solar orbiter will be able to resolve structures about 150 kilometers in size it doesn't seem exactly small but you have to remember that the sun is one of the half 1000000 kilometers in diameter so that's really quite a small area of it. every time it approaches the sun the solar will be

exposed to 10 times the radiation striking a satellite in orbit that much radiation could easily blind its many detectives. to prevent that the design is built tailored protective windows they will allow only the frequencies of radiation through that the research is want to see. this window has been developed to protect one of the most important instruments on board which was built by solar research at the max planck institute in the german city of getting on its job is to track the visible surface of the sun what's called the photo sphere in great detail and at the same time map its magnetic field among other abilities the device can determine how powerful the field is and in which directions it stretches the solar research is in charge of the project can even use it to peer into the interior of our star. full of sound waves that come all

the way up to our surface there we can detect and measure them through fluctuations in their speed and that allows us to trace the path they took inside. these glimpses into the inner life of the sun are important for the researches because that's where the magnetic fields arise that cause dangerous solar storms. will also examine the sun's atmosphere which is made up of several different layers . it's telescopes can measure data from a number of frequencies and the visible spectrum as well as x. rays and ultraviolet light. the researches will be able to combine the images in different waves that will provide new insights into the. and processes at work.

has been explicitly designed to look at as many different layers as possible we want to understand how the couple together and what physical force connects these different layers to each other and that's a form that's. the solo over so it will work in tandem with an american person that will approach even closer to the sun both platforms will provide data on the solar wind they should be able to show how the electrically charged particles that make it up change as they leave the sun behind. researches are hoping that the solar will provide unprecedented insights into the sun and its magnetic field they'll be able to observe tybee island areas of it for longer than ever before. that's because as the probe approaches our star it's all bit will be sinked to the sun's own rotation. after 7 years of observations the solar will focus on the poles they play

a critical role in the formation of the sun's magnetic fields and they've never been studied before. it fell right on it. do you have a science question that you've always wanted answered it we're happy to help out send it to us as a video text ovoid smell if we answer it on the show we'll send you a little surprise as a thank you can i just ask. you to find us on line d.w. dot com slash science on twitter at steve w underscore sign and on facebook t w dot science or when a forward to hearing from you. it's clear that humans and other mammals are related there are obvious similarities in the blueprints of our bodies . we all have heads. and. some of those salazar was

intrigued by one feature. more than one. why do we have to nostrils. 2 eyes enable us to see in 3 dimensions is help us here where sound is coming from. but we only have one nose and nonetheless 2 nostrils right next to each other. couldn't we do without one of them. no we couldn't even tell they look the same we smell and breathe differently through each nostril. just close one of them and bring you through the other them switch nostrils you'll find that one of them transports significantly more air. to the nostril that transports less however still detects sense and it does so differently than the other nostril because less air is flowing through the constricted nostril and more slowly that enables you to detect different all

factory signals from the surroundings. but to nostrils together produce the final impression of smell. scientists have found that this may also help determine the direction of smell is coming from. experiments with moles have shown that stopping up one nostril made them less effective at hunting prey sometimes they never found it. seems that moses at least can smell in stereo. humans probably can to the remnants of an ability left over from a time when hunters also used smell to localize prey. by the way all mammals have to nostrils. except whales which only have one. and lots of animals use that too nostrils to smell far better than humans do.

all. the nose is also like a security guard immune cells and the nasal mucus membranes protect you from the intruder has but sometimes the immune system sounds the alarm for harmless substances to that triggers and then later reaction. to. allergies are on the rise worldwide especially in cities now researchers say they might have found a miracle cure in an untraditional place. these counts of the charges of the university of veterinary medicine in vienna. professors avoca younes and ya liam and isabella polly should study allergies the particles of dust they've come here to collect will hopefully provide new insights into why spending time around cows can have health benefits for humans this must

change when there's a range of studies have shown that farms are like a protected area if you spend a lot of time on a farm especially in the cow shed something in the air makes you resistant to allergies asthma and a topic dermatitis. in the case of children they get protection for later in life pregnant women become less susceptible and ethan passed on that protection to their children fact it's called the farm effect on the hip and i spawn who should factor . children who grew up on farms how few ology and those who live in cities unfroze who grew up in the immediate vicinity of cows that he grass or hay have even fewer. protective effect works if the home is within a radius of about 300 metres of a cow shed if it's 500 metres away but coverage has disappeared. the belief is that whatever provides protection is conveyed via the air. hence the dust

sample gathering. scientists have until now believe that certain microorganisms typically found on farms were behind the health benefits but. microorganisms tend not to be carried far in the air so now we think that proteins are a factor in this protective function proteins are larger than microorganisms and are more likely to float in the air a member of a family of proteins called live polka and helps to protect cows from infection a notable source is cows no. but it's not the only one on cows urine night they could also spray the protein into the air or touches to dust particles kalle secrete different substances like milk in fifteen's but they year. it's often overlooked as a possible source of life. even though it's excrete it in part as an aerosolized spray. the researchers take the particles they've collected to the lab for analysis they found that traditional livestock systems provide greater energy protection for

humans than industrial scale enterprises. they therefore suspect that the dust found in regular farms contains particularly high levels of the protein. low and behold they do indeed find the precious protein in the samples from the cow shed. it's a member of the lipid callen family stable said that also helps explain why we still find it in the cow shed just several weeks later that in turn means people are exposed to it for longer breathing it in could protect us from allergies asthma and a topic damage titus. the cow protein detected in the air has a kind of power allows it to transport. a more light on a person consumes through air intake will call me all the researchers think the better. intensified processing decreases the level of those protective nutrients

in the case of milk produced by factory farms the chemical pouch is left empty. senos angers me this is about animal health green folder in hay a beneficial because the milk has a higher level of the protein and has a healthier effect. on the us that is. so untreated organic milk from healthy counts should provide protection against allergies but it can also contain pathogens that's when the researchers want to supply the protein in pill form as a nutritional supplement after successful tests on mice that are now conducting a study with humans. this time given unfortunately visiting a farm isn't an option for many people who live in urban areas all their children and that's where the idea for a couch should pill came from and we now know that it is possible to package the protective protein as a pill in the south that's a heaping form for packing. allergies are estimated to affect between 10 and 40

percent of people worldwide and that number is rising almost one in 10 people will develop asner at some point in their lives. increasingly allergies are associated with too little contact with animals and germs excessive hygiene and environmental toxins. for now the priority for the research is is determining whether the cow shed pill will also enable city dwellers to fully benefit from the farm effect. whether you're in the city or out in the sticks the car is still germany's top murder of transport we'll stay on facebook how you usually get around and how you think we'll get from a to b. in the future. from bulgaria says he cycles every day except in winter when he takes the bus he thinks that in 10 or 20 years electric bikes scooters and hover boards will grow even more popular and affordable

. al brahmas was convinced will use teleportation in the future to get from a to b. but perhaps not anytime soon. john roll from the philippines things motorcycles are the easiest way to maneuver through the bumpy and muddy roads there. in the future he hopes electric cars will grow more popular. to most is will be moving less in the future and that we won't need to travel because there will be systems that make the journey for us as a service. and every from indonesia says buses minibuses and motorbikes will dominate traffic but he things that in the future the field powering them should be environmentally friendly and sustainable thanks for getting in touch. traffic and transport do indeed harm the

environment because most of our vehicles still run on fossil fuels and fucked traffic and transport are responsible for more than 20 percent of all global c o 2 emissions compared to other sectors like industry that might not seem like much but in the last 20 years emissions from transport have increased by 77 percent. to help curb this trend there are cutting edge carbon neutral fuels in the. pipeline. doesn't look like anything special. could help power germany's energy transition. but. what we have here is freshly top synthetic fuel made in one of our laboratories from c o 210. it's only a few milliliters but in a lab we can scale up to produce tonnes. based on calls

to company in or attack. diesel from c o 2 the goal is to launch chemical plants that compact gases into liquid fuels for the world market is confident the company is on to. i know these and all there's a vast existing infrastructure and there's a large existing fleet of vehicles without having to change the infrastructure all the vehicle engines we could improve the columbines of our existing fleet by using new syn fuels bypassing. in fact the basic processes the company uses a nothing new. in the 1st step in electrolysis electricity is used to split water and produce pure hydrogen. in the 2nd step c o 2 is added to the hydrogen a process called methylation produces a synthetic natural gas a process known as fisher trop synthesis also leads to liquid synthetic gasoline or diesel fuel. the c

o 2 can come either from the atmosphere or recycling while the electricity could come from renewable energies that would make the fuels produced carbon neutral. both going wants to use in or a text technology to protect the climate and tackle the carbon problem. not on us we're working on standardizing modularizing all the units allowing for serious production. there will be separate modules that can be connected and integrated into containers you know into it so ultimately they could be positioned all over the world anywhere that produces renewable electricity. the. carbon neutral fuel could be produced right there on the spot. researches at the culture institute of technology also work with carbon neutral fuels. and his colleagues of figuring out if they can be used the same way as fossil fuels in

standard combustion engines. to the stand they run tests on engines that effectively simulate hundreds of thousands of kilometers on the road. during the tests the scientists mimic real driving conditions. and we've run various tests of synthetic fuels including an existing engines and old aggregate motors and very old engines as well this train drives and we've had excellent results. one focus of the research is to explore how renewable and fossil fuels can be combined how many are it's and this gives us an overview once for what we have here is fossil fuel of the sort you get at a gas station and here we have a certain fuel synthetic gasoline it's been seen and in the middle is a mix of both in the market more center fuel i add to the fossil fuel the more

carbon neutral it becomes and it's you with us. and that makes combustion engines more carbon neutral. or left it strongly believes that synthetic fuels are the way forward and the only way the german government will be able to deliver on its 2050 climate action plan as i understand one aspect of the issue is unlike for mobility or another is fuel cars and yet another key aspect is reducing the carbon footprint of the existing fuel powered fleet by using renewable energy and the fuel mix. but the approach also has some critics. they say making the electricity based fuels themselves requires a lot more electricity. then it takes to charge up fully electric cars operate fuel cell vehicles. so they maintain it's a waste of energy. it's an argument that the owner or tech team has heard

before timbo says the argument is only legitimate in part because the production process for synthetic fuels will grow more efficient in time and in some sectors there is simply no alternative. so to choose a cutoff a must must once it started with as repeating got synthetic fuels all the only solution in certain sectors such as aviation for the time being there's no way of powering long haul flights electrically or with hydrogen fuel cells is possible but that means that it aviation has to become carbon neutral 520-5030 liquid fuels are the only solution to be. an argument that still impossible to refute. that's all for today. but make sure to tune in next week when we'll be looking at the structures of the future and how researchers are trying to use technology to

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