Biology Interviews

Huntington's and Immunity

Ed Wild explores how understanding our bodies immune response to huntington's disease could help develop a potential treatment....Dr Ed Wild, University College London

Trekking to Everest Base Camp

Ben Valsler speaks to Laura Soul about how her body responded to her trek up to Everest Base Camp, including exerts from her audio diary...Laura Soul

Giving Insects the Slip

A new non-stick coating could give insects the slip, and prevent infestations...Dr Jan-Henning Dirks, Cambridge University

The 2009 Nobel Science Prizes

Richard Van Noorden reveals the winners of this years Nobel Science prizes as well as an insight into why their work was so important...Richard Van Noorden, Nature

Breast Cancer and Stem Cells

Stem cells are known for their ability to regenerate and differentiate to form lots of the cells in our bodies. But as well as this crucial role in our growth and development, it seems that rogue stem cells might be at the heart of cancer formation in many cases including breast cancer. Meera met John Stingl to find out more...Dr John Stingl, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute

Protection from Flooding

One of the aims of Researchers’ Night all across Europe is to put people in touch with researchers whose work could directly affect their lives. Dr Nick Odoni is a very good example of this as his research looks at ways to mitigate and avoid flooding...Dr Nick Odoni, Durham University

The Great North Museum

Steve McLean brings us the highlights of the newly renovated Great Northern Museum including an ancient bog body and some My Little Ponies!Steve McLean, Senior Manager, Great North Museum

European Researchers' Night and the Brains of Brainiac

We find out what Researchers Revealed was all about and meet the host for the evening, John Tickle to find out what he's up to these days...Dr Paula Martin, Durham University and John Tickle, Braniac

The Darwin Centre

The brand-new 'cocoon' Darwin Centre has just opened and Meera Senthilingam headed to the Natural History Museum in London to take a look. Paul Bowers & Gavin Broad, Natural History Museum; Anna-Maria Indrio from CF Møller Architects

Clever Corvids

It may not be able to play chess but this rook does know a little of Archimedes' work...Chris Bird, Department of Zoology, Cambridge

Dealing with parasites

The original cuckolders: do they always get away with it? It seems some species of bird have developed defence mechanisms to protect their nests from the cuckoo, as Rebecca Kilner explains...Rebecca Kilner, Department of Zoology, Cambridge

Aphids and Pesticides

Also in the news this week - an international consortium of Aphid researchers have been studying the newly decoded aphid genome, due to be published later this year, with a view to developing better pesticides that will not let the aphids develop resistance...Professor Lin Field & Professor Kim Hammond-Kosak, Rothamsted Research

British Science Festival 2009

Diana O'Carroll brings us the highlights from this years British Science Festival...Stuart Haszeldine, University of Edinburgh; Kerry Kirwan, University of Warwick; Andy Stamford-Clark, IBM, UK; Tony Little, University of Stirling; Jeremy Spencer, University of Reading;

Nanobots to the Rescue

Tony Ryan discusses how can minuscule robots deliver deliver drugs to precise location in our body...Professor Tony Ryan, Sheffield University

Mending a Broken Heart

Is it possible to fix a broken heart with stem cells? Sian Harding looks into this...Professor Sian Harding, Professor of Cardiac Pharmacology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College

This Week in Science History - The Invention of DNA fingerprinting

This week in science history saw, in 1984, the invention of DNA fingerprinting by Sir Alec Jeffreys. Since then, the technique has been used in thousands of paternity and criminal cases around the world...Sarah Castor-Perry

The Centre of the Cell

This week saw the launch of the Centre of the Cell, a new children orientated science center located in the heart of Tower Hamlets in London. We sent Meera along to find out more...Professor Fran Balkwill of Queen Mary’s University, London; Fiona Haddesly Smith & Esmee, Petchley Academy; Helen Skelton, Blue Peter.

How Many Licks...?

How many licks does it take to eat a lollipop? How many ants would you need to carry a person? Aaron Santos' new book looks at the statistics of the everyday world, and how estimate nearly anything...Aaron Santos, University of Michigan

Chemistry in its Element - Iodine

And now for the first chapter in a new series we're introducing on the show over the summer called Chemistry in its Element, from the Royal Society of Chemistry. In each episode we'll be hearing from a chemist who's taken a look at the more sinister side of one of the elements that make up the periodic table... This week it's the turn of UCL scientist Andrea Sella and is a story of cretins, firecrackers and clean water...Dr Andrea Sella, UCL

Improving IVF

Many people manage to get pregnant doing it nature’s way. But some people need a little bit of medical help and that’s when they turn to In Vitro Fertilization. For some people, this is the only they're able to have their own children, but at the moment, it is far from perfect and there’s quite a high failure rate. Dr. Dagan Wells joins us...Dr Dagan Wells, Oxford University