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How have electron microscopes allowed us to understand Covid-19?
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Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies

How have electron microscopesallowed us to understand Covid-19?

How have electron microscopes
allowed us to understand Covid-19?

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How have electron microscopes allowed us to understand Covid-19?
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00:16:47
Uploaded
May 06, 2025
Season
1
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1
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In this mind-bending series, Jim Al-Khalili explores the vast range of size in the universe, from tiny atoms to gigantic, interconnected galaxies.
S01 • E02 So our Milky Way would just be one galaxy among many. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So our Milky Way would just be one galaxy among many.
S01 • E01 They've been crucial because they've allowed us to investigate - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:08
They've been crucial because they've allowed us to...
S01 • E02 Now, if that idea was right, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
Now, if that idea was right,
S01 • E01 So here we have the Covid-19 virus itself. Yeah. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
So here we have the Covid-19 virus itself. Yeah.
S01 • E01 We can see the spike protein very, very clearly here, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
We can see the spike protein very, very clearly here,
S01 • E02 The debate revolved around some mysterious objects in the sky, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
The debate revolved around some mysterious objects in the sk...
S01 • E02 Although they were very faint, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:09
Although they were very faint,
S01 • E01 Like all viruses, Covid needs to hijack another cell to reproduce. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
Like all viruses, Covid needs to hijack another cell to repr...
S01 • E01 What does the virus do inside the cell? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
What does the virus do inside the cell?
S01 • E02 Telescopes of the time were even able to make out structure - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:14
Telescopes of the time were even able to make out structure
S01 • E01 The RNA gets placed inside the cytoplasm of the cell. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
The RNA gets placed inside the cytoplasm of the cell.
S01 • E01 This RNA is read by the cellular machinery - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
This RNA is read by the cellular machinery
S01 • E02 Some astronomers argued that nebulae like this - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Some astronomers argued that nebulae like this
S01 • E01 So, by giving it its RNA, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:10
So, by giving it its RNA,
S01 • E02 Large clouds of dust perhaps, where new stars were being born. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
Large clouds of dust perhaps, where new stars were being bor...
S01 • E02 But others argued that nebulae - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:11
But others argued that nebulae
S01 • E01 Incredibly, we can now see exactly how this happens. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:06
Incredibly, we can now see exactly how this happens.
S01 • E02 The debate was solved to a great extent, - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:07
The debate was solved to a great extent,
S01 • E01 What are we looking at here? Where's the cell and where's the virus? - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:05
What are we looking at here? Where's the cell and where...
S01 • E01 The outside of the cell is outside of our field of view. Oh, OK, right. - Secrets of Size: Atoms to Supergalaxies 00:04
The outside of the cell is outside of our field of view. Oh,...