Interviews with Scientists

Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...

27 March 2012

Jonathon Morrison explains how current nuclear reactors are kept running despite problems such as material deposition...

27 March 2012

Eric Lowen explains how the efficiency of the new PRISM reactors and how these new designs overcome previous reactor...

27 March 2012

We have a challenge to supply our growing demand for electricity whilst reducing our carbon emissions. Is nuclear the...

26 March 2012

Researchers in the Scripps Translational Science Institute in California have developed a blood test that may be...

20 March 2012

A new drug target for baldness, searching for early human settlements from space, a new way to fight altitude sickness...

20 March 2012

Ed Farnell discusses how the parasitic Schistosoma worm cleverly coats itself with your blood to hide from your immune...

20 March 2012

Geoff Smith explains how some viruses are able to spread faster than they should to cover more ground, and infect more...

20 March 2012

Native white-clawed British crayfish are in trouble. Weakened by a parasite, this endangered species is being driven...

20 March 2012

Full genome sequencing of bacteria could allow researchers and medics to better treat diseases like MRSA, and better...

19 March 2012

Interacting drugs, mopping up nuclear waste, treating manic depression by strengthening the body clock and depriving...

19 March 2012

Scientists reveal how the intestine distinguishes harmless food items from potentially harmful bacteria or parasites...

11 March 2012

Sensors are essential for our understanding of the environment around us. Now, a new project led by the University of...

11 March 2012

Scientists have taken the first steps towards interrogating anti-matter and find out more about this mysterious...

11 March 2012

Invasive plant species on the Western Antarctic Peninsula, virtual models of the human body, carbon clues to help ants...

11 March 2012

British scientists recently used satellites to discover a bulging dome of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean….and it’s...

11 March 2012

Rolls Royce engines are regularly inspected to keep them in tiptop condition and running efficiently, but to do so...

11 March 2012

Marine biologist Dr Joshua Drew works to help inspire teenagers in Fiji and Chicago about the oceans.

09 March 2012

Three marine scientists give their words of wisdom for anyone thinking of following in their footsteps.

04 March 2012

A playful inhabitant of British seas features in Critter of the Month.

04 March 2012

Dan Cooke from the recycling renewable energy and waste management company Viridor discusses how much energy we can...

04 March 2012

Cynthia Carliell-Marquet from the University of Birmingham discusses recycling and sharing out the phosphate resources...

04 March 2012

Nitrates in water can harm newborn babies and trigger the rapid growth of algae in rivers, killing fish and choking...