Drug Discovery: On this week's Naked Scientists, drug development goes under the microscope as we explore two new ways to find the treatments of tomorrow. We find out why size is important when it comes to chemicals that can kill superbugs, and how soil bacteria hold the chemical clues to the next generation of antibiotics. Plus, how sheets of carbon can be used to reveal single atoms of hydrogen beneath the microscope, how scientists have homed in on the part of the brain linked to obsessive compulsive disorder, and why electronically tagging jellyfish can tell us a sea turtle's secrets. Plus, in Kitchen Science, we make strange and unexpected shapes with bubbles!
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Scientists have been tying electronic tags to jellyfish, in order to study turtles! We spoke to Jon Houghton from Queen's University Belfast to find out why...
We discover a surprising feature of bubbles using only bubble mix, wool and a coat hanger!
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I’d like to know if there are any life forms: plant, animal, fungus, whatever that are effectively immortal?
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Different people react differently to different drugs. Would you say there are different body types in the population and therefore should we be looking for them?
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