Interviews with Scientists

Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...

04 August 2013

Why do some people fight off infections easily while others become seriously ill? The answer is in our genes, as Dr...

01 August 2013

With hundreds of daddy longlegs filling the air in Cambridge we wanted to find out why there are so many around

26 July 2013

In order to investigate fake laughter and the contagious power of giggles I visited a yogic laughter clinic!

26 July 2013

Building a tickle machine: a robot, holding a feather duster, to find out why people with schizophrenia can tickle...

26 July 2013

A five year olds favourite joke and how does humour develop in babies?

25 July 2013

As accurate as Haweye can be, will it ever replace officials?

25 July 2013

We have recently seen the emergence of technologies to help enforce the rules of various sports. We ask how Hawkeye...

25 July 2013

Nutrition plays a key role in physical fitness. But can it really help us run faster or jump higher?

25 July 2013

Technological advances have revolutionised tennis since the last british winner of the men's Wimbledon singles...

25 July 2013

Dolphins give each other nicknames and have a complex communication skills.

18 July 2013

Could the immune system cause schizophrenia in some cases? Antibodies targeting certain nerve cells are present in some...

18 July 2013

Avatars allow schizophrenia patients to confront the voices they hear, allowing them to regain control over them.

18 July 2013

What can ketamine reveal about what causes schizophrenia?

18 July 2013

An intelligent surgical device can chemically analyse tissue to distinguish between healthy and cancerous cells...

16 July 2013

Features editor Peter Rogers has a selection of some choice morsels that have appeared this month in the journal.

16 July 2013

How does the immune system detect form pathogens - virus and bacteria - at the molecular level?

11 July 2013

Agamemnon Otero talks to us about Repowering London, a programme promoting the cooperative ownership of solar energy...

11 July 2013

Magneto-hydrodynamic Solar cells use powerful magnets to separate the charges in a solar-produced plasma, generating...

11 July 2013

The EU EnAlgae project is aiming to capture the solar energy-harvesting potential of algae for domestic and industrial...

11 July 2013

A Cambridge team test the limits of solar power as they prepare to race a car across the Australian outback fueled only...

07 July 2013

Our gene of the month is Antennapedia, which literally means “antenna feet”.

07 July 2013

Female mammals have two X chromosomes, while males are XY. This double dose of X can cause problems, as Professor Edith...

07 July 2013

The UK government has given the green light to 3-person IVF. We take a look at the technology and implications.

07 July 2013

The US Supreme Court has ruled that Myriad Genetics can't keep their BRCA gene patents. What are the implications?