Interviews with Scientists

Dr. Matt Mountain explains the design of the James Webb Telescope and how infra-red will be used to study the very...

Richard Hollingham explores the process of carbon capture and utilisation where the carbon removed from our atmosphere...

Pharmacologist Professor Ruth Ross has successfully weeded out some promising chemicals from the marijuana plant...

We're often looking to nature for inspiration and novel ways to treat disease. But to take chemicals from the sea...

Alan Jamieson and his team have been tackling the task of exploring the ocean's deepest points, hadal regions,...

If you shop online, you probably increasingly find yourself relying on the reviews other purchasers have posted for...

It’s 50 years this year since the drug thalidomide was withdrawn from sale after it was linked to birth defects but...

On the subject of limbs, and how they can go wrong...

It’s known that a deficiency or an excess of vitamin A, otherwise known as retinol, and its derivative retinoic acid...

Are all genes made equal? In other words, do the protein recipes that they encode all get turned out at the same rate...

Fungal infections can be deadly, but who would have guessed that yeasts have better directional sense than many humans...

As air traffic grows, the noise of aircraft is becoming an increasingly important problem. To find out what...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD, is a genetic condition in which sufferers lack the ability to produce dystrophin...

Carbon capture and storage has been seen by the government as an important way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The...

Current estimates suggest that there are over half a million people airborne around the planet at any moment in time....

How can we generate hydrogen quickly and efficiently? Nature has its own way to do this using enzymes called...

A new global initiative called the Earth Microbiome Project plans to build up a genetic picture of the billions of...

One of the most important chemical players in nature is the protein. The structure of a protein gives it specific...

In order to design useful new compounds, we need to know exactly what structure any new chemical will take. Computer...

How do manufacturers make chemicals on seriously large industrial scales? We sent Meera Senthilingam and Dave Ansell...

Breeding seahorses in captivity to supply aquariums aims to help reduce pressure on wild populations.

How do blood thirsty vampire bats home in on the best place to bite and therefore guarantee achieving a trouble-free...

Water sports – surfing, body boarding, kite surfing, etc have all become increasingly popular in recent years, but the...

Over the past year, we’ve met up with lots of marine experts to talk about their work. To delve a little bit deeper...