Interviews with Scientists

Most of us are familiar with the long trails left behind by airplanes as they pass overhead. But those trails or...

Researchers have overturned a 100-year-old misunderstanding about how the arteries that supply the heart with blood...

Leila Luheshi explains how a binding protein could be used to prevent the build up of the toxic proteins that cause...

The human population is estimated to be about 6.8 billion right now, and it’s set to grow to over 9 billion by 2040....

Meera Senthilingam explores how the domestication of African fruits trees is helping meet the nutritional and...

The humble pea is something of a wonder plant, we all like to think – for one thing, it adds nitrogen back into the...

We discover a way to read a person’s thoughts using a brain scanner...

Meera Senthilingam brings us the highlights of this years Cambridge Science Festival...

Researchers have identified how a hand held magnetic device could mitigate the pain of migraine...

Can nanotechnology make solar cells more efficient? We find out how tweaking a surface at the nano-scale could allow...

We sent Meera Senthilingam out to find out how cleverly designing solar cells into the structure of a building can make...

Flexible solar cells could revolutionise the way solar cells can be used, we hear how they're made and where they...

An estimated 32 billion cubic metres of clean water are lost through leaky pipes every year. But there might be a...

Most of the water that we use comes from reservoirs. These artificial lakes are often created by damming a river then...

Eugene Cloete explains how the NEPAD water initiative aims to bring together scientists working in the field of water...

Richard Harding explains how the WATer and global CHange Network, WATCH, is setting about monitoring how water usage...

The same trick used by the resurrection plant can keep vaccines in pristine condition without the need for...

Professor Frank Fish explains how a sculpture of a humpback whale triggered a whole new design for wind turbines...

Meera Senthilingam explores how wind turbines can be designed to withstand the cold temperatures of Antarctica in order...

Pierre Rivard explains how inflatable wind trubines could help us harness the great winds we see at high altitudes...

It's been 10 years since Dr Chris and Dr Kat first appeared on the radio! Listen back to some clips of that first...

James Jackson explains how satellites can look for changes in landscapes following earthquakes. Spotting patterns in...

Meera Senthilingam speaks to resident techie Chris Vallance to explore how new technology can be used to aid relief...

Can plastics pollute your body? We speak to Tamara Galloway who has identified a link between heart disease and...