Interviews with Scientists

LEDs: energy efficient lighting could replace the wasteful incandescent bulbs and compact flourescent bulbs that take...

Do energy saving lightbulbs affect your sleep cycle? We find out.....

A viral vector endowed with the gene for a flu-neutralising antibody turns airway cells into antibody factories to...

The strange case of the galaxy which flared in brightness overnight.

A gas cloud at the centre of our galaxy may soon find itself swallowed by a black hole.

The Herschel Telescope has caught images of stars forming around the centre of our galaxy.

Gavin Flematti discusses how a chemical in bushfire smoke helps plants to germinate.

Alex Webb tells us how plants have their own body clock, and how they don't like to be woken up too early in the...

Dr. Kamoun discusses how the pathogen behind the Great Irish Potato Famine was discovered.

Scientists have created "super wheat" by crossing modern strains with the crop's ancestors. Phil Howell...

How do bacteria and viruses which cause diseases in plants manipulate sapsucking insects for their own ends?

When does creativity turn to delusions? We speak with Dr Phil Corlett to uncover his passion for the brain!

What happens in your head when you listen to music? Plus earworms! Why are 1 in 6 people regularly infected by annoying...

Alison Ming discusses how hot air from the tropics pushes its way up through the atmosphere.

What is the weather like on other planets? John Zarnecki explains.

Nick Graham discusses how we can prepare for extreme weather...

Brian Golding takes us through how a weather forecast is put together, and how much we can trust it.

James Harrison from the EPSRC explains how modern scanning techniques have allowed us to read parchment too delicate to...

And finally, our gene of the month is INDY, short for I’m Not Dead Yet. It owes its name to a scene in a Monty Python...

Researcher often say finding particular gene will “lead to new therapies”, but progress in turning genetic data into...

Professor Jim Lupski talks about how genome sequencing can help people with rare diseases, including one that affects...

The story we wanted to talk about this month was about the publication of the HeLa genome, which has caused controversy...

Dr Matt Hurles discusses the Genetics Society Spring Meeting on the theme of genomics for health and society

A new technique may dramatically reduce the CO2 emissions of the steel industry.