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30th Jul 2006

Crowd Control, Football Hooligans and Singing Mosquitoes


Kat Arney

Chris Smith

 I predict a riot... or not, as this week we're joined in the studio by crowd control experts Dr Clifford Stott from the University of Liverpool and Dr John Drury from the University of Sussex, who'll be discussing why violence kicks off at  football matches, how to spot a spat and the science of mass evacuation. And taking us on a flight of fancy from crowds of people to swarms of mosquitoes, Dr Gay Gibson, from the University of Greenwich, describes her research into the harmonious music of mosquitoes. In Kitchen Science, Derek Thorne bangs out a tune from an oven shelf...                     
                                                                                                                                     

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News

 

See the Attachment... Ooops I Forgot.

How many times have you done that - sent an email and forgotten to add the attachment? Well now help is at hand in the form of  a system being developed by Fernando Pereira and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania. An article in this week's New  Scientist describes how the team are...

 

Operation Concealed Swab

Doctors now have a clever way to make sure that patients aren't stitched up by shoddy surgeons leaving pieces of operating equipment inside their bodies. Writing in the journal Archives of Surgery, anaesthetist Alex Macario, from Stanford University  in California, has come up with the idea of ...


Questions

 

It's been suggested that the police can trigger a public reaction by being heavy handed. We know that the police tend to be more heavy handed with some of the more aggressive supporters such as the English. Is this a chicken and egg problem?


 

Life on Earth uses energy either directly or indirectly from the sun. However there are deep sea organisms that live off the energy that pour off from hydrothermal vents and don't receive any energy from the sun. Is it possible for a planet to have enough geothermal activity to sustain a robust ecosystem without receiving any energy from a star?



Interviews

 

Mosquito Music

If you are a Mosquito, how do you find a mate? Dr Gibson is looking at the mosquito version of a nightclub

 

Don't Panic, the Science of Mass Evacuation

How do people behave in a crisis? John Drury is studying how to evacuate people quickly.

 

Crowd Control at Football Matches

Clifford Scott is researching hooliganism, and how to deal with them

 

Using Bacteria to Mine for Precious Metals

How to use bacteria to mine for gold!


Kitchen Science

(c) Anna Lacey
 

The Secret Sounds of the Oven Shelf

The kitchen has always seemed an unlikely place to find a musical instrument - until now. This week Derek and Dave are with Matt and Nick at Hinchingbrooke School in search of the hidden harmonies of the oven shelf. Prepare to be amazed!




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