Interviews with Scientists

At the University of Manchester, Professor Matthew Cobb and his team are studying how maggots smell things.

Scientists have analysed the genome of an 11,000 year old contagious dog genital cancer.

Scientists have used genetic analysis to wind the evolutionary clock back on the history of dogs

Researchers have carried out a small but successful trial of gene therapy for a type of blindness.

Stuart Firestein, Professor of Biology at Columbia University, explained to me how our sense of smell works, and why it...

The body shapes of queen ants and worker ants have evolved in different ways to reflect their different roles.

The pathogen that causes corn smut in maize employs a sophisticated strategy to increase its virulence.

Researchers have worked out the structure of a protein complex that is involved in the destruction of T helper cells...

A rat will help another rat if it is familiar with that type of rat, even if it has not met the actual rat before.

Over half of all shark and ray species are “threatened or near threatened” according to new estimates

Plans for making nanoparticles might be in their early stages, but some are looking to the future and how we can sort...

How do you use nanoparticles to make sensors from gold?

About 1 in 100 in the UK has a peanut allergy. But this week, researchers announced a new technique to control the...

Nottingham University’s Cameron Alexander is developing a system to deliver and activate nanoparticles in specific...

A team of researchers are using tiny structures to make new optical materials, including a polymer which changes colour...

We all know that exercise and a healthy diet is good for us, but is there anything that government can to help us...

What's the evidence for 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day? And do 5 apples add up to the same health...

Exercise physiologist Dan Gordon explains how he pushes athletes to their limits and answers the audience's...

To find out why the UK is investing in monitoring the Sun's activity

The UK’s weather-forecasting service have announced that it will monitor the Sun’s activity. But what are researchers...

How can we form long-term predictions of how the Sun is going to behave in years to come?

Storms on the Sun’s surface can affect spacecraft and power distribution grids. But can they also change the weather on...

Blindness-causing diseases have for a long time been regarded as irreversible. But can gene therapy slow down or...

Why are conservation groups supporting the sale of licenses to hunt the endangered Black Rhino?