Superglue could be used to recycle plastic into more useful products
Interviews with Scientists
Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...
07 July 2011
Should we ever want to visit our astronomical neighbours, we will first need to get over a lot of technological,...
07 July 2011
How do we spot planets in the glare of their parent star? Ben Oppenheimer is associate curator of astrophysics at the...
07 July 2011
Gerd discusses the aims of getting the public in to see Diamond at work...
07 July 2011
We meet some Diamond engineers and technicians and discover their role at the Lightsource...
07 July 2011
Danny Axford discusses the biological insight made possible by the microfocus macromolecular crystallography beamline...
07 July 2011
Simone Weyand discusses her new insight into the workings of antihistamines...
05 July 2011
Hugh Hunts explains what needs to be considered when designing a bomb to bounce across water....
26 June 2011
We find out why some people suffer pain from injuries that took place many years ago...
26 June 2011
We explore how to detect damage and deterioration in bridges and other structures to keep them lasting longer...
26 June 2011
Fact Impact: A high-speed run-down of facts about Galaxies
19 June 2011
The Square Kilometre Array, or SKA, should help us to answer some of the big outstanding questions about our universe...
19 June 2011
Radiocarbon dating is an extremely accurate and useful tool to date archaeological finds which contain any previously...
19 June 2011
Underground coal gasification is a way to get useful fuel from otherwise inaccessible coal seams that are simply un-...
19 June 2011
Skyonic have developed “Skymine”, a system that not only extracts CO2 but actually turns it into something they can...
19 June 2011
This week we are in Cambridge’s Museum of Technology to explore the engineering of an iconic bit of coal-fired power –...
12 June 2011
Paul Riley explains how stem cells in the adult heart can be triggered to produce new muscle cells when the heart is...
12 June 2011
Hearing aids work on the general one-size-fits-all principle that if you are finding it hard to hear something you...
12 June 2011
Small particles released by tree leaves can cause brighter whiter clouds to form above forests, altering our climate...
12 June 2011
We're familiar with the idea of friendly bacteria, and foods, drinks and supplements that promote healthy gut...