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'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 episode 3: Why are nanites causing havoc in a luxury space hotel?

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Third episode of " Lower Decks " season 5 sees a swarm of nanites infesting a luxury space hotel.

Nanites are microscopic robots which, when deployed in large numbers, can be used in medicine and to repair/maintain computers and other technology.

They are capable of replicating themselves to form bigger and bigger swarms, but tend to be susceptible to gamma radiation.

While nanotechnology is yet to reach " Star Trek " levels of sophistication in the real world, nanites have appeared in many other science fiction franchises.

" Star Trek: Lower Decks " season 5 debuts on Paramount Plus on Thursdays .

The Lower Deckers are beamed in to remove the sentient blob of nanites that Sam Rutherford has nicknamed "Glumpus" It turns out that the nanite collective was pulled together by the microscopic USS Endeavor , a Starfleet vessel from a parallel universe.