Putting numbers on how well looked after the animals that end up on our plate are...
Interviews with Scientists
Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...
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?
With Christmas behind us, many people will be ruing the amount they ate over the festive period. But why do we crave...
New activities slowly become automatic with repetition, but how long does this take?
Barry Everitt believes getting 'hooked' is as much about the environment triggering our habitual behaviour as...
What's happening in the brain when we form habits?
A light-activated, blood-resistant glue has been developed to use in minimally invasive cardiac procedures...
Researchers have discovered variations in how lab mice respond to drugs, highlighting problems with lab-bred strains
Our gene of the month is Headbobber - a gene defect in mice linked to hearing and balance problems
Prof Maria Bitner-Glindzicz and her team are searching for genes involved in childhood deafness
Australian scientists have discovered a key genetic variation that makes people respond to flu in different ways
Researchers have discovered an unexpected connection between the sleep disorder narcolepsy and the flu virus