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...
31 January 2011
Physical sciences director Trevor Rayment looks back at Diamond's highlights and developments in 2010...
31 January 2011
Charles cockell explains how microbes are eating away at out coastline...
31 January 2011
One recent, and fast developing, area of Chemistry is the design and use of Metal-Organic Frameworks. They have...
30 January 2011
Whilst driving on motorways or busy roads at night, many of us will have noticed the small beacons of light in the...
30 January 2011
New research sheds light on how some bacteria are capable of extremely quick genetic change, incorporating whole...
30 January 2011
In today’s world, it can seem as if there were more earthquakes than ever before and scientists at the British...
30 January 2011
Leprosy is caused by an infection of Mycobacterium bacteria, the same family as the pathogens that cause TB. Most...
30 January 2011
To help us understand leprosy, it’s important to look into the past and see what evidence we can find from when and...
25 January 2011
The first stars ended the dark ages of the universe pouring heat, light and heavier elements into an otherwise cold,...
25 January 2011
Gamma ray flashes seemingly coming from thunderstorms have been a mystery since first being identified in 1994. Now,...
25 January 2011
All you need to know about relativity...
23 January 2011
Researchers at Imperial College in London have discovered an unusual process which is happening in a contagious form of...
23 January 2011
Coral reefs are regarded as the rainforest of the sea. They play a vital role in marine ecosystems and now, a new reef...
23 January 2011
Antimatter is usually thought of as being rather mysterious. But in fact, it is much more abundant than you might...
23 January 2011
In November 2010, researchers at CERN announced that they had managed to make and trap the antimatter equivalent of...
23 January 2011
Meera and Dave explore how PET and MRI scanners can combine to give a better look at what's going on inside us....
23 January 2011
Is evolution by natural selection is the best idea that anyone has ever had?
17 January 2011
New technique uses infa-red to tell whether rock fragments are man-made or naturally occuring. This useful new...
16 January 2011
Traditionally, the drummer in a band is there to set and to maintain the pace of the music. But if pre-recorded samples...