Researchers have used stem cells to make neural implants more refined and with less scar...
Interviews with Scientists
Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...
14 January 2015
Why do fruit flies forget how terrible their hangover was and head straight back to the pub? And why do we? Karla Kaun...
14 January 2015
Why does 'sleeping on it' help us learn and solve problems? Matt Jones, from Bristol University, is finding...
14 January 2015
Bill Richardson is investigating how myelin, which coats our nerves, is involved in learning and memory formation for...
12 January 2015
The panel answer some audience questions about the 5:2 diet, keeping to resolutions and whether WHEN you eat is...
12 January 2015
Is your sofa killing you? Research is increasingly suggesting that our sedentary lifestyles are hugely detrimental to...
12 January 2015
We speak to the experts to see if there are any 'tricks of the mind' to make losing weight a little easier.
12 January 2015
Being overweight can harm your memory, and a poor memory can lead in turn to overeating.
12 January 2015
A new ingredient that can trick your body into feeling full has been discovered by researchers in London.
12 January 2015
Obesity is as high as 50% in some countries. Why are humans so prone to gaining weight, and are we going about losing...
12 January 2015
The first new antibiotic discovery in years could be a new hope against the growing threat from antibiotic resistance.
12 January 2015
A new planet has been discovered by the Kepler telescope, which is the most similar to earth yet, and could even host...
12 January 2015
There could be trouble ahead if we burn all our available fossil fuels, according to new research.
12 January 2015
Cold viruses grow better in the cold, new research confirms...
06 January 2015
Dark data lurking on peoples' hard disk drives can be used to monitor endangered wildlife...
06 January 2015
June 2014 was the hottest since records began. Why, and how is this impacting on conditions in Antarctica?
06 January 2015
Argo is a system of 3600 floating mini-laboratories observing the temperatures, salinity, and currents in the oceans....
06 January 2015
Multiple sclerosis is a condition caused by immune cells attacking parts of the nervous system. Now there are two new...
06 January 2015
Plants thrive on UV, but why? And how can their responses to these high-energy wavelengths of light be used to boost...
06 January 2015
Apart from a dissolving teaspoon, the element gallium might hold the key to making more powerful processors for...
30 December 2014
What’s it like to hear voices? Is it hallucination or normal human experience?
23 December 2014
When an epithelial stem cell divides, why does one of the new cells remain a stem cell while the other becomes a...
23 December 2014
A beetle pheromone that lures nematode worms to an insect host can also stop their development or even kill them...
23 December 2014
The genes responsible for antibiotics can spread between the three domains of life—Archaea, Bacteria and Eukaryotes
23 December 2014
Some bacteria can survive and thrive despite not having a cell wall.