Interviews with Scientists

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?

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...