Interviews with Scientists

How much of a threat is Ebola, and what can we do to stop it? We put your questions to Dr. Chris Smith.

Our gene of the month is looking a bit scruffy - it's Unkempt

I spoke to co-organiser Matt Jones about the upcoming Genetics Society Autumn Meeting, focusing on genetics and...

Tweaking some of the genes involved in metabolic signalling could help to prolong healthy lifespan - but could it...

Researchers have published results from the biggest ever study looking at how genetic variation in people affects...

Dr Jennifer Tullett is studying the links between metabolism - how animals create and use energy - and ageing.

Bacteria and fungal cells join forces to cause rice seedling blight.

A set of 149 papers that were retracted due to misconduct had been funded to the tune of $58m by the NIH.

A suppression hierarchy determines the order in which a fly cleans the different parts of its body.

Changes in lifestyle mean that new outbreaks of Ebola virus disease are likely to be very different to previous...

Why do some yeast cells grow old whereas others do not?

Tiny sensors that harvest energy from passing cars, people or even the flow of your blood may one day be powering...

Plants are hugely efficient at creating energy from sunlight. Now researchers are trying to capture sunlight to make...

Scientists promise us a future where solar cells can be sprayed onto surfaces, so cars, buildings and streets could...

We need to increase performance of wind and wave powered systems to better harness the potential of these free, clean...

If it's highly unlikely that we'll ever be able to detect intelligent life, should we continue on in our...

Taking inspiration from mussels, scientists have made a super-strong glue-like substance that even works underwater...

Planck has published data which might contradict BICEP's claimed discovery of gravity waves from the Big Bang...

Some people take a week to recovery from surgery, other months. But why? And can we tell who will recover fastest?

What's better when it comes to caterpillar camouflage, brightly-coloured, or blending in?

The latest in the fight against antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria.

What are the odds that there is intelligent life out there, and could we communicate with it?

Can we measure the atmospheric composition of exoplanets?

Could there have been life on Mars, and if so, could we see it in the Red Planet's geological record? Dr Lewis...