Interviews with Scientists

One of the biggest dangers of long distance space travel are flares of radiation bursting from the sun. Have scientists...

In the fight to tackle the spread of malaria, could the answer lie in warping the gender balance of the mosquito...

Commercial science publishing is distorting the process, argues eLife Editor in Chief, Randy Schekman...

A protein complex called TSET sheds light on the evolution of trafficking pathways.

How the parasite that causes sleeping sickness keeps one step ahead of its host.

The immune response triggered by eczema may reduce the risk of skin cancer

How do we walk and chew gum at the same time?

So we have ways of protecting proteins, enzymes, and bacteria - but what about something infinitely more complicated -...

How do we protect substances we need to survive harsh environments like washing powder or even our stomachs?

Krishnāa Mahbubani has been developing a way to put vaccines into suspended animation so they don’t need...

Bacteria can produce spores, natural packages which last for hundreds of years. Can we use these to keep drugs on the...

Had bad day? Think twice about posting a miserable status update on social media, because you might be bringing all...

Koalas hug the trunks of Eucalyptus trees very tightly. But not just to hang on. Scientists have now found that they...

And finally it’s time for our gene of the month, and this time we’re venturing into the garden with a gene called...

Jacob Giehm Mikkelsen and his team at Aarhus university in Denmark have found a way to use a modified version of HIV to...

Professor Jane Davies, at Imperial College London, is involved in a major UK trial of gene therapy for cystic fibrosis.

At UCL, Professor James Bainbridge is developing gene therapy approaches for treating sight loss. I asked him about the...

Foetal nerve grafts persist in Parkinson's patients for decades...

Could sleep help you boost your learning power? Nerve cells in the brains of mice grow new connections as they sleep....

What exactly is going on in the teenage brain? We uncover the risky, moody behaviour associated with the adolescent...

Can computer games boost memory? Are there tricks to help people with ADHD or dyslexia? And what does anxiety do to...

How do children learn about physics and scientific reasoning? And do those with autism learn about the world in a...

How do we learn new words? Can babies learn language from inside the womb? At what age can we first understand grammar?

Richard O'Connor hides toys from tots to explore how babies' brains develop learning and memory skills...