Putting numbers on how well looked after the animals that end up on our plate are...
Interviews with Scientists
Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...
21 March 2010
The humble pea is something of a wonder plant, we all like to think – for one thing, it adds nitrogen back into the...
14 March 2010
We discover a way to read a person’s thoughts using a brain scanner...
14 March 2010
Meera Senthilingam brings us the highlights of this years Cambridge Science Festival...
07 March 2010
Researchers have identified how a hand held magnetic device could mitigate the pain of migraine...
07 March 2010
Can nanotechnology make solar cells more efficient? We find out how tweaking a surface at the nano-scale could allow...
07 March 2010
We sent Meera Senthilingam out to find out how cleverly designing solar cells into the structure of a building can make...
07 March 2010
Flexible solar cells could revolutionise the way solar cells can be used, we hear how they're made and where they...
28 February 2010
An estimated 32 billion cubic metres of clean water are lost through leaky pipes every year. But there might be a...
28 February 2010
Most of the water that we use comes from reservoirs. These artificial lakes are often created by damming a river then...
28 February 2010
Eugene Cloete explains how the NEPAD water initiative aims to bring together scientists working in the field of water...
28 February 2010
Richard Harding explains how the WATer and global CHange Network, WATCH, is setting about monitoring how water usage...
21 February 2010
The same trick used by the resurrection plant can keep vaccines in pristine condition without the need for...
21 February 2010
Professor Frank Fish explains how a sculpture of a humpback whale triggered a whole new design for wind turbines...
21 February 2010
Meera Senthilingam explores how wind turbines can be designed to withstand the cold temperatures of Antarctica in order...
21 February 2010
Pierre Rivard explains how inflatable wind trubines could help us harness the great winds we see at high altitudes...
21 February 2010
It's been 10 years since Dr Chris and Dr Kat first appeared on the radio! Listen back to some clips of that first...
14 February 2010
James Jackson explains how satellites can look for changes in landscapes following earthquakes. Spotting patterns in...
14 February 2010
Meera Senthilingam speaks to resident techie Chris Vallance to explore how new technology can be used to aid relief...
07 February 2010
Martin Wagner explains how his team have been looking into the release of oestrogen-like chemicals from in our mineral...
07 February 2010
Meera Senthilingam gets her hands wet and dirty this week to see how the river Cam is kept clean...
02 February 2010
Researchers at Cambridge’s Babraham Institute have identified a factor that helps to stop nerves from degenerating....
31 January 2010
Just what is Augmented Reality? Dr Tom Drummond, from Cambridge University's Machine Intelligence Laboratory,...