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29th Jul 2007
Naked Science Question & Answer Show
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This week, clean coal technology - how to get the energy from coal without digging it up, why GM goats are helping to combat nerve gas attacks, and how scientists have found the 'itch' gene. We also find out why smog causes heart disease, how seafood in space can help to heal astronauts, and the weight of leaves on an average tree. Plus Drs Chris and Phil take a look at your science questions including 'tasting' music, the best way to dry your washing and can the moon affect the shapes of weather systems? In Kitchen Science Ben and Dave explain how to make a lens with a plastic bottle and some water.
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News
Researchers have uncovered a gene that transmits the itch sensation. The result means that drugs capable of providing the pharmacological equvalent of a "scratch" could soon be on the way, sparing pruritic patients the misery of chronic itch disorders like eczema. Writing in this week's Na...
American astronauts intend to test out a chemical found in the shells of shrimps that may help with healing in case of an accident on a long duration space mission.Unfortunately our human bodies are not well adapted to coping with weightlessness. Our muscles waste away and so do our bones and it eve...
Researchers have found that airbourne pollution can trigger damage to blood vessels. Ke Wei Gong and colleagues, from the University of California at Los Angeles, culture endothelial cells of the type that line blood vessels with particles from diesel exhaust and oxidised phospholipids of the kind a...
Scientists at Northwest University in Illinois have created a super-paper, made of carbon that is tougher than steel, but still more flexible than ordinary carbon fibre. And even better than that, it’s cheap!Carbon has always been known as a fantastic chemical for producing strong materials, diamond...
The Chinese government have announced funding for a large-scale wind farm on the outskirts of Beijing in an effort to cut pollution in time for the 2008 Olympics. The 580 million Yuan (£50million) project, said to be the tenth largest in the world and Beijing's first, will involve the construction o...
Interviews
Coal without the miners and goats fighting chemical weapons - we catch up with Mark Peplow, editor of Chemistry World Magazine
In the UK, this summer has been the wettest on record so far, so what is going on with the weather?
Kitchen Science
Build a camera or if you prefer a magnifying glass, out of some old rubbish and a little water
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