Interviews with Scientists

Away from the stories of athletes training and stadium building there’s another side to London 2012 that is often...

And finally, our gene of the month is Mothers Against Decapentaplegic - which sounds more like the name of a death...

Researchers have found that older fathers tend to pass on more mutations to their children, which might increase the...

We've already heard how epigenetic marks tell cells which genes to use, creating different types of tissue. But is...

Virtually all the cells in our bodies contain the same DNA. This is the same DNA we were given when we started life as...

Scientists at CERN are pretty sure they've found the Higgs boson, so what happens now?

How can we avoid the temptation of an unhealthy snack at the end of a long day? Julia Allan explains some new...

Can we tailor our diets to keep us fuller for longer, eat less and lose weight? Alexandra Johnstone tells us how...

Children who struggle to learn to read can be helped by a new interactive programme, "Moved By Reading." Art...

Low-level exposure to chemicals that are the byproduct of industrial and household processes could be damaging our...

When we see a reconstruction of a prehistoric creature, perhaps in a book or on TV, the creator has usually made it...

After 16 years of planning, a British team of scientists are planning to drill into a subterranean lake, 3 kilometres...

How can flooded mineshafts beneath our cities be used to heat our homes?

Slowing down time to make your move, rediced rainfall from deforestation, Visualising the potency of drug candidates...

Slowing down time to make your move, rediced rainfall from deforestation, Visualising the potency of drug candidates...

Increasing multiple resistant TB, Methane under Antarctic Ice Sheet, A new kind of solar system, and How cucumber...

Our lives are increasingly moving online, which means that more and more of our personal and financial information is...

Credit and debit cards now almost universally use chip and PIN technology, to enable consumers to make secure purchases...

Smartphone usage has grown in recent years, as has the amount of information we keep on them. A new system has been...

The urban heat island effect sees artificial surfaces in built up areas acting as storage heaters - making cities...

Is it possible to be ethical yet hack into a company's website and online data? Apparently it can be, when the...

Aman Dhir explains how his team are taking to the road to help people see the value of hydrogen transportation in their...

Angela Murray explains how bacteria are being used to make catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells...

Lynne Macaskie describes how Bacteria, Chemistry, Metals and Bio-wastes can all be combined to maximise the production...