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 Alien Hikers - Planet Earth OnlineWe explore how invasive plant species can affect landscapes and indigenous wildlife...Professor James Bullock, Wallingford’s Centre for Ecology and HydrologyNovember 2011 |
 The Safety of StatinsA new study has confirmed the long term benefits of taking statins to treat heart disease...Richard Bulbulia, University of OxfordNovember 2011 |
 Lensless MicroscopesChanghuei Yang explains his design for a lensless microscope...Professor Changhuei Yang, University of California Institute of TechnologyNovember 2011 |
 The view through a confocal microscopeAbigail Woodfin discusses the uses of confocal microscopy in dynamic viewing of bodily functions...Dr. Abigail Woodfin, Queen Mary University of LondonNovember 2011 |
 Bionic Lenses, Night Vision and Stress on the Brain...Lenses displaying emails before your eyes, flowing materials, stress on the mind and a night flowering orchid...Babak Parviz, University of Washington; Erno Hermans, Donders Institute; Zhengwei Pan, University of Georgia; Andrew Shuiteman, Kew GardensNovember 2011 |
 Planet Earth - Anti-Venom MedicationsLooking at ways to reduce the cost of anti-venom...Robert Harrison, Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineNovember 2011 |
 How the Brain Detects DietDenis Burdakov explains what happens when you have food on the brain...Dr Denis Burdakov, Cambridge UniversityNovember 2011 |
 Synaesthesia, Antibiotic Resistance and Snake VenomDao Nguyen, McGill University; Devin Terhune, University of Oxford; David Julius, UCSFNovember 2011 |
 The Power of Pandemics - The truth behind contagionIan Lipkin discusses the science behind the film Contagion which depicts the series of events that unfold with the outbreak of a new strain of flu... Ian Lipkin, University of ColumbiaNovember 2011 |
 Jersey's Neanderthals - Planet Earth OnlineRichard Hollingham visits St. Brelade in Jersey to talk to a team of archaeologists who’re reappraising the caves to learn more about the Islands Neanderthal history...Matt Pope, University College LondonNovember 2011 |
 Flu vaccines from tabacco plantsA new biotechnology company called Medicago have developed a technique for quickly and cheaply producing vaccines using tobacco plants. Genes from the flu virus are added to the plants using a bacterial Trojan horse and Professor Brian Ward from McGill University is the medical officer for Medicago and he told me how it works.......Professor Brian Ward from McGill UniversityNovember 2011 |
 Flu Survey - Tracking Influenza Across a ContinentAs we enter “flu season” in the northern hemisphere, to help track the spread of seasonal flu here in the UK and throughout Europe, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have launched an initiative called “flu survey”. We spoke to Professor John Edmunds to find out more... Professor John Edmunds , the London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineNovember 2011 |
 Influenza virus and heart attacksLooking at whether flu can trigger heart attacks in vulnerable peopleDr. Charlotte Warren-Gash from University College LondonNovember 2011 |
 Malaria Vaccines, Looking but Seeing and Nanoscale Electric Cars!A new target for Malaria vaccines, How seeing and paying attention to things uses separate parts of the brain and the world's smallest electric car...Julian Rayner, Sanger Institute; Masataka Watanabe, University of Tokyo; Paul Weiss UCLA; Karen Williams, Staunton-on-Wye Endowed Primary SchoolNovember 2011 |
 Deep sea angler fish - queens of the glowing depthsWith parasitic males and glowing lures to catch their dinner, female angler fish are the undisputed queens of the deep.November 2011 |
 How glowing jellyfish revolutionsied scienceThe jellyfish that made rabbits glow green and revolutionised science features in our list of the top 5 ocean light-makersNovember 2011 |
 How bobtail squid vanish before your eyesIn our rundown of top ocean light-makers, the cute bobtail makes an appearance before disappearing before your very eyes.November 2011 |
 Seashells that glow like lightbulbsAnother of our top ocean light-makers is the clusterwink snail that glows like a light bulb to scare off predators.November 2011 |
 Glowing seas spotted from spaceA surreal nighttime phenomenon that's puzzled mariners for centuries was recently spotted from space.November 2011 |
 Critter of the month - killer whaleUnderwater photographer Brian Skerry picks an intelligent ocean hunter for his critter of the month.Brian SkerryNovember 2011 |
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