Interviews with Scientists

UK scientists have made big step forward in the field of organ transplantation. King’s College researcher Robert...

In April 2010, a previously dormant volcano in Iceland released a massive ash cloud that closed most Europe’s air...

Food allergies are relatively common – figures from the US suggest that up to 8% of young children and 3.7% of adults...

Allergic conditions were virtually unheard of before the 19th century, and this has led some people to suggest that...

We explore how filters can be designed to provide a breath of truly clean air...

Making use of the Historical Environment Record, the National Monument Record and the Urban Archaeological Database to...

Xenia explains the uses of ceramic petrology - the study of ceramics using microscopy, chemicals and thin sections.

A re-evaluation of Neanderthal remains from the Caucasus Mts in Russia has shown they are most likely to have lived...

Using lasers and over 100,000 hours of computing time, researchers have exposed the previously unknown molecular shape...

Wading into a river and digging until you get to the slime, soil, dirt and other matter at the bottom may not be...

If you’ve been shopping for a fish supper lately you’ve almost certainly been offered both farmed and wild fish. Fish...

Aquaculture isn’t restricted to the oceans – many aquatic organisms can actually be farmed on land. This is...

Fish have developed an extremely efficient way of locomotion, so researchers are trying to emulate fish for novel ways...

How different is the vision of fishes living on kaleidoscopic coral reefs compared to their deep-sea-dwelling cousins?

Underwater robots listen out for whales even in the middle of a raging storm

We ask legendary marine biologist Genie Clark aka 'The Shark Lady' to pick her favourite species

If you live in an old or historical building then you’re also probably aware that there can be downsides too....

A new study sheds more light on how the brain responds to its first ever whiff of nicotine. By looking at activity in...

What happens if someone loses a body part? Can an artificial replacement be wired back up to the brain so it can be...

New research simulates battery designs on a computer to try and predict what the next breakthrough might be.

New materials known as 'microcapsules' are being used to extend the life-span of batteries....

Life needs accessible nitrogen - but for over 100 years we've known that the amount of nitrogen available may not...

If you're using electrical activity in your brain to control a prosthetic or a wheelchair, you don't want it...

Professor Sang Bok Lee explains how his new device, made up of nanopillars, could provide a radical new way to store...