Interviews with Scientists

One idea put forward for sustainable shipping in the future has been to find ways to harness the power of the wind in...

We venture out and about to track down some wonderful ocean wildlife in a marine reserve off the Welsh coast.

IUCN's Dan Laffoley chooses our critter of the month and unveils an amazing ocean migrant

New research has identified how tumours attract stem cells from around the body that are capable of suppressing the...

Now, here’s an easy science question: What temperature does water freeze at? Zero degrees, right? Actually, that’s...

10 years ago, a seminal paper entitled “The Hallmarks of Cancer” was published in the journal Cell, examining the state...

Now for many years, scientists have known that viruses are the direct causes of some cancers and probably the best...

This week, we look into the science and engineering of ultrasound, and find out how it can be used to look for tumours...

A new book provides the latest stats on how much of the oceans are currently protected and we find out whether global...

Jen Ashworth from Natural England gives us the low down on a series of new MPAs that are soon to appear around the...

Dr Andrew Howard explains how their observations suggest that up to one in five stars like our Sun may have Earth-like...

Dr Suzy Lishman joined us this week to introduce National Pathology Week 2010, and to answer your questions on...

Predicting how the Earth’s climate is likely to change is one of the toughest challenges facing science, one that as we...

Astronomers have confirmed the sighting of the most distant galaxy ever recorded. It's light was emitted when the...

The Earth is under constant bombardment by a 1 million mile per hour maelstrom of charged particles that continuously...

This year, Cambridge University Engineering students had the chance to re-live their childhood, and play with Lego in...

HIV is the agent that causes AIDS and is responsible for probably the worst pandemic that human kind has ever...

When HIV was first discovered about 30 years ago, there was significant optimism that we’d soon have a vaccine with...

This week, the winner of the Rolls-Royce Annual Science Prize was announced during a special ceremony held at the...

Walk along any beach almost anywhere in the world and you'll find plastics washed up on the shore. From plastic...

When most people hear the word ‘turbulence’ they immediately think of being thrown around inside an airplane and...

Turbulence occurs in fluids and one way we often transport fluids around is in pipes. Tobias Schneider from Harvard...

Meera and Dave explore how the principles of convection can be manipulated to cool down, and warm up, our buildings...