Putting numbers on how well looked after the animals that end up on our plate are...
Interviews with Scientists
Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...
05 February 2012
Could diet foods be making you fat? We investigate whether low calorie foods such as sweeteners and low fat...
05 February 2012
Introducing new species has proved disasterous for the Australian ecosystem. So it's no wonder that ecologist...
05 February 2012
How scientists are eavesdropping using electrodes, predicting eruptions using magma, healing wounds with honey and...
05 February 2012
Richard Hollingham explores the hotlist of conservation issues facing the world today...
05 February 2012
We explore how chemists at the University of Bristol are finding new molecules to monitor and treat diabetes...
29 January 2012
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin brought back the first samples of moon rock in 1969, scientists were surprised to...
29 January 2012
2012 began with gale force winds, localised flooding and travel disruptions in the UK. But not everyone is sorry to...
25 January 2012
Gravitational lensing is allowing us to detect things we otherwise wouldn't be able to see. Oxford University’s...
25 January 2012
Robert Massey returns with a roundup of news from the Royal Astronomical Society. This month; The history of...
25 January 2012
The Mid Infra Red Instrument, or MIRI, is due to fly on the James Webb Space Telescope, and will observe distant...
23 January 2012
The latest discoveries at Diamond...
23 January 2012
How to stay safe in a synchrotron...
23 January 2012
Who are the engineers and technicians who keep Diamond operating?
22 January 2012
Introducing Vitamin D: how deficient are we? And what disorders are linked with deficiency?
22 January 2012
How is Vitamin D linked to autoimmunity and the central nervous system? With us to discuss the research is Prof....
22 January 2012
Prior to about 1 billion years ago, all life on earth consisted of single-celled organisms. Then something happened to...
22 January 2012
Comets plummeting into the Sun's atmosphere, why exercise can keep diabetes at bay, how the public are helping...
22 January 2012
We explore the disovery of new species in the hydrothermal vents of Antarctica...
22 January 2012
Apart from food, a major source of vitamin D is exposure to sunlight which makes the hormone in the skin. So, some sun...
22 January 2012
An international consortium last year confirmed that aspirin can protect people with a genetic predisposition to bowel...