Interviews with Scientists

Many medicines are given by injection. But syringes are costly and needles are unpleasant. A new system can deliver...

The Gaia spacecraft will soon begin mapping out the 3D positions of the Milky Way's stars

Looking for planets around the stars of the night sky

What sort of creatures might be able to survive in space? Alan Tunnacliffe explains it might be those who can live...

Conical whiskers allow mammals that live in tunnels and other enclosed spaces to learn more about their surroundings.

Individuals with missing hands, the brain area responsible for the absent hand learns to control the remaining hand or...

The gut microbiota of patients with rheumatoid arthritis is enriched in microbes belonging to the Prevotella genus.

A nerve cell connexin can detect carbon dioxide, and could be involved in processes as diverse as breathing, hearing...

Very cold, weak electron beams have been used to collect large numbers of diffraction patterns from protein...

In some animals, special molecules called pheromones can trigger certain types of behaviour, such as mating. But how do...

What is the genetic basis for different sensitivities to specific smells?

Could smell come from the vibrations of individual molecules?

Bacteria incorporating ancient DNA from a woolly mammoth into their genome and implications for antibiotic resistance...

Duncan Boak tells Ginny Smith about how he lost his sense of smell and how it changed his life...

Captain Mark Lyndhurst served in Afghanistan and describes how the experience has left scars.

Military life can leave mental scars in post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). President Obama highlights the stigma...

How can you tweak with people's belief systems to alter their viewpoints? And how has this been used in war and...

The nerve toxin Serin, mustard gas and how best to protect civilians and medical personel on site.

Putting military neuroscience into historical context: chemical warfare committed by the Greeks some 2300 yrs ago with...

Can neuroscience be used to enhance the mental fortitude of a soldier and fighting force on the ground?

New technologies to assist the ability of the human body to repair itself

Matt Burnett discovers how the bladder of a sturgeon fish can help restore ancient manuscripts....

Could buildings be designed to repair themselves?

Nine missing Doctor Who episodes were found this year. How they were restored?