Interviews with Scientists

A re-evaluation of Neanderthal remains from the Caucasus Mts in Russia has shown they are most likely to have lived...

Using lasers and over 100,000 hours of computing time, researchers have exposed the previously unknown molecular shape...

Wading into a river and digging until you get to the slime, soil, dirt and other matter at the bottom may not be...

If you’ve been shopping for a fish supper lately you’ve almost certainly been offered both farmed and wild fish. Fish...

Aquaculture isn’t restricted to the oceans – many aquatic organisms can actually be farmed on land. This is...

Fish have developed an extremely efficient way of locomotion, so researchers are trying to emulate fish for novel ways...

How different is the vision of fishes living on kaleidoscopic coral reefs compared to their deep-sea-dwelling cousins?

Underwater robots listen out for whales even in the middle of a raging storm

We ask legendary marine biologist Genie Clark aka 'The Shark Lady' to pick her favourite species

If you live in an old or historical building then you’re also probably aware that there can be downsides too....

A new study sheds more light on how the brain responds to its first ever whiff of nicotine. By looking at activity in...

What happens if someone loses a body part? Can an artificial replacement be wired back up to the brain so it can be...

New research simulates battery designs on a computer to try and predict what the next breakthrough might be.

New materials known as 'microcapsules' are being used to extend the life-span of batteries....

Life needs accessible nitrogen - but for over 100 years we've known that the amount of nitrogen available may not...

If you're using electrical activity in your brain to control a prosthetic or a wheelchair, you don't want it...

Professor Sang Bok Lee explains how his new device, made up of nanopillars, could provide a radical new way to store...

Electrodes detect facial muscle movements and translate them into speech...

The world is united behind a project called ITER, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. Later this...

Over 90% of Throat and Mouth cancers contain the genetic signature of the Human Papilloma Virus. Scientists think that...

Doctors are reporting significant success in treating OCD by using deep brain stimulation, which is carried out by...

How do tiny fish and lobster larvae find their way home?

New insights into protein shape may provide novel treatments for serious diseases of the circulatory system, including...

Scientists solve the structure of a protein pivotal for repairing damaged DNA. Due to various factors such as UV in...