Researchers have used stem cells to make neural implants more refined and with less scar...
Interviews with Scientists
Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...
09 August 2012
One big area where sequencing technology has made an impact is in our understanding of the genetic faults and...
09 August 2012
Since the first human genome was decoded, sequencing technology has sped up almost unimaginably and the cost has...
05 August 2012
An Alzheimer's protein relieves paralysis in MS, the mechanism behind sex discrepancy in life expectancy, cuckoos...
05 August 2012
In November 2011, one of NASA’s most ambitious missions yet, mounted to explore Mars, blasted off destined for the red...
05 August 2012
Professor John Zarnecki discusses the challenges of unknown environments when exploring our solar system...
05 August 2012
Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia is a parasitic disease that infects more than 200 million people. Adults...
05 August 2012
In 2006, scientists discovered that plants produce significant amounts of the greenhouse gas, methane. The research...
05 August 2012
Finding Your Own Path - The Seeker Project
31 July 2012
When your mind gets stage fright, things can go horribly wrong. Thankfully, sport psychologists are on hand to help as...
31 July 2012
As well as biological improvements, many of today’s sporting successes are down to advances to technology, including...
31 July 2012
When it comes to technology and the use of technology in sports, there's one sporting event that’s miles ahead....
31 July 2012
Kingston University’s exercise physiologist Chris Easton puts Naked Scientist Meera Senthilingam through her paces......
31 July 2012
Sometimes, science and technology may take its role in sport a little too far. So far, that it is then banned for...
31 July 2012
How is scientific insight applied to improve the performance of team GB? We meet one of the scientists applying...
31 July 2012
We’re investigating what it takes to become an elite athlete. As important as innate talent is, it’s not enough to make...
31 July 2012
What does it take to win Olympic gold? The right genetics, training, attitude, and technology all combine in an elite...
20 July 2012
Military developments have taken the jet engine in a new direction. Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL)...
20 July 2012
The conditions in a Jet engine - very high temperatures & incredible forces - are very challenging, requiring...
20 July 2012
World War Two saw huge developments in aero engines, from the Merlin that powered the Hurricanes and Spitfires deployed...
20 July 2012
From the efforts that preceded the Wright brother's official first sustained heavier-than-air-flight, through to...
17 July 2012
Back in time now almost 50,000 years to the final days of the Neanderthals and the rise of modern man. Research has...