Science Interviews

The Science of Hepatitis

Professor Jane McKeating takes us through the science of hepatitis, from it's discovery in the 1980s through to her groundbreaking work in Birmingham...Professor Jane McKeating

This Week in Science History - John Logie Baird

This Week in Science History saw, in 1946, the death of John Logie Baird, the pioneer of television. Sarah Castor-Perry explains more...Sarah Castor-Perry

Living With Hepatitis - A Patent's Perspective Part 1

The scientific developments by Professor McKeating’s team don’t just help us with treating the diseases; the more we understand the virus, the less fear we hold. This is especially true for those who are suffering from the disease...Wendy

Living With Hepatitis - A Patent's Perspective Part 2

At the end of World Hepatitis Day, Jules - a hepatitis C patient for over 20 years - regarded the researchers as the unsung heroes of hepatitis treatment. I found out what had attracted him to the event in the first place...Jules

A New Element - Ununbium

And also this week scientists have come up with a reason for you to tear up that periodic table which is on the wall of your chemistry laboratory or your school classroom, and replace it with a new one. This is because we have a new element to add to it. And here to tell us about that new element is someone who occasionally contributes to the Naked Scientists, but is also a BBC science reporter, and that’s Victoria Gill.Victoria Gill, BBC Science Correspondent

The Science Museum - Science Icons

2009 marks a 100 years since the opening of London Science Museum. To mark this special anniversary, the Science Museum is launching its centenary journey trail, which identifies ten scientific icons...Chris Rapley, Science Museum Director; John Liffin and Katie Maggs, curators of the Science Museum; Lord Peter Mandelson

Hepatitis in the Clinic

Professor David Adams explains the types of hepatitis, and how they are treated...Professor David Adams

This Week in Science History - The Birth of Ultrasound

This Week in Science History saw, in 1958, the publication of a significant paper that began the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool in medicine. Sarah Castor-Perry takes us back...Sarah Castor-Perry

The Gruber Prize for Cosmology

We speak to Professor Robert Kennicutt: one of the first to describe the Hubble constant and now recipient of the Gruber Prize for Cosmology.Robert Kennicutt, Director of the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge

Printing Your Own House

Imagine if you could select your house on a computer screen, and simply hit print! Rupert Soar is hoping to make this a reality...Dr Rupert Soar, Freeform Engineering

Natural Ventilation for Low-Energy Buildings

Shaun Fitzgerald takes us on a tour of the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies where a giant atrium provides the necessary air conditioning.Shaun Fitzgerald, Masterclass in Energy Supply and Demand, BP Intsitute

Thermal shutters

Controlling how natural light gets into a building could help to reduce energy demands and costs. Professor Stephen Gage joins us to explain how thermal shutters could turn your windows in to walls whenever you go out...Professor Stephen Gage, UCL

This Week in Science History - Identifying AIDS

This Week in Science History saw, in 1981, the publication of an article that was the first to describe a new endemic disorder of the immune system – what would later become known as Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS. Sarah Castor-Perry explains more...Sarah Castor-Perry

A plethora of skin bacteria

Julie Segre takes us on a tour of the diverse species of bacteria her team have discovered crawling over our skin.Dr Julie Seagre, National Human Genome Research Institute

Bombardier spray cans

Aerosols and spray cans from the bottom of the bombardier beetle; Andy McIntosh tells us more.Andy McIntosh, University of Leeds

Extra-elastic resilin

Chris Elvin tells us about the super-springy protein that his lab managed to synthesise.Chris Elvin, CSIRO Australia

Super-renewable bamboo turbines

Forget wind turbines made from vast sheets of metal - make them from fast-growing bamboo! Jim Platts tells us more.Jim Platts, University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing

This Week in Science History - Proof of General Relativity

This Week in Science History saw in 1919, the solar eclipse that proved Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity to be correct...Sarah Castor-Perry

Biological Link between Cancer and Depression

Biological Link between Cancer and DepressionDr Leah Pyter, University of Chicago

Albinism - Why Some People have No Skin Pigmentation

Albinism - Why Some People have No Skin PigmentationDr Lester Davids, University of Cape Town