Physics Interviews

Imaging with sound

One technique which will probably be familiar with from medicine is sonography or imaging with sound. To find out how ultrasonic waves can help us see inside metal components, I met Bristol University’s Professor Bruce Drinkwater...Professor Bruce Drinkwater, Bristol University

Imaging with heat

Now most people will have seen a thermal camera - a special type of camera that can detect the far infrared radiation that's emitted by hot things. These are used by rescue workers to find injured people and also by the police to find hiding criminals. They’re also incredibly useful in the world of non-destructive evaluation as the technique of thermography is great at seeing otherwise invisible defects in materials.....Tony Dunhill, Rolls Royce and British Institute of Nondestructive testing

Lensless Microscopes

Changhuei Yang explains his design for a lensless microscope...Professor Changhuei Yang, University of California Institute of Technology

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 Gardens

Flu vaccines from tabacco plants

A 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 University

The Polarised Universe

If you've seen a recent 3D film, you'll know that studying polarised light can be really helpful. The Cosmic Microwave Background is just the same - observing the polarity can tell us about the history of the universe...Dr Jo Dunkley, Oxford University

The French Teaching Kitchen

Scientists have brought language and computer science to the kitchen to teach you a language whilst you're cooking your dinner...Paul Seedhouse, Dan Jackson, Jurgen Wager; Newcastle University

Spaceports, IVF and Malaria Vaccines

The opening of the World's first spaceport, improving IVF success with genetic screening, New hope for a Malaria Vaccine and how Giant Pandas survive on Bamboo...Richard Branson, Virgin; Dagan Wells, University of Oxford; Tsiri Abunyega, Malaria Vaccine Initiative; Fuwen Wei, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Hydrogen on the Waves - Britains 1st Fuel Cell Powered Passenger Boat

Hydrogen is a clean fuel, that can be produced in a number of clean ways. But how do we actually make use of it? Ben Valsler meets the brains behind Britain's first fuel cell powered passenger boat...Jas Singh, Auriga Energy; Keith Dunstan, The Bristol Packet Company

The ALMA Telescope, Solar Orbiter, Autistic Mice and Chivalrous Crickets.

The opening a the largest ground telescope ever built, A probe planning a journey to the Sun and the revival of chivalry...in crickets.Antonio Hales, ALMA; Matt Anderson, Harvard Medical School; Fabio Favata, European Space Agency; Migeul Nicolelis, Duke University; Rolando Rodriguez-Munoz, Exeter University

Exploring Lake Ellsworth

Chris Hill and Martin Siegert tell Richard Holligham about the technology which will be used to drill through over 3km of ice and look for life in a hidden Antarctic lake in this week's Planet Earth podcast.Chris Hill and Martin Siegert, University of Edinburgh

Monitoring Moods with Twitter

An analysis of over half a billion tweets worldwide has confirmed that regardless of country or culture, we’re all in a better mood in the morning. Scientists at Cornell University have analysed the messages posted on Twitter by 2.4 million people from 84 different countries to find out more... Michael Macy, Cornell University

Space Stations, The Dead Sea Scrolls and Glowing Bacteria...

In this week's news roundup we discuss Chinese Space Stations, the Dead Sea Scrolls going online, using CO2 to generate fuel and encrypting messages with glowing bacteria...Anu Ohja, National Space Centre; Geza Vermes, University of Oxford; Rich Masel, Dioxide Materials; Michel Lucas, Harvard School of Public Health; David Walts, Tufts University;

Movies of the Mind

Successfully decoding and reconstructing of the visual images experienced by volunteers viewing a sequence of Hollywood movies may lead to communication with brain injured patients and even being able to watch your own dreams like a video...Jack Gallant, University of California, Berkeley

Baking a Cake

The science of cake baking...Amy Chesterton, Cambridge University

Fact Impact - Asteroids

Fact Impact: A high-speed run-down of facts about AsteroidsAnna Dodge and Carolin Crawford

The Challenges of Carbon Sequestration

Martin Blunt explains how Diamond could be used to answer our queries about carbon sequestration to successfully inject carbon dioxide into the ground in the future...Martin Blunt, Imperial College London

The Structure of Alloys

Peter Lee explains how he's using Diamond for some clarity about the structure of metal alloys...Peter Lee, University of Manchester

Diamond News Update

Sarah Boundy brings us a news update from the Light Source...Sarah Boundy, Diamond Light Source

On Location at the Imaging and Coherance Beamline

On-location at the Imaging and Coherance Beamline...Christoph Rau, Diamond Light Source