Interviews with Scientists

So what's the next step towards making fusion power a reality? Steve Cowley explains the plans for the...

How could lasers be used to achieve fusion? Kate Lancaster joins us to explain all...

Could the credit crunch be due to traders' hormone levels? Meera speaks to John Coates to find out...

Our very own Kat Arney treats us to a sneak preview of the new album, 'In the City of Dreadful Night',...

Immunotherapy, using the body's own immune cells to attack a tumour, could provide an alternative to radiotherapy...

This weekend saw the National Cancer Research Institute conference in Birmingham, and our very own Kat Arney went along...

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women under 25 and 70% of cases are caused by a family of viruses...

A new initiative funding research into cancer imaging could find new ways to spot cancer early, and better ways to...

We know that antibodies must pass from breastmilk to baby's blood, but only now have scientists watched one in the...

DNA damage leads to many of the diseases we associate with ageing, so if we could stop DNA from being damaged, or...

Meera finds out how to keep your skin looking young and healthy...

You may be surprised to hear that some very simple lifestyle changes can extend your life by 14 years! We find out how...

Meera finds out how to keep your skin looking young and healthy...

Some bacteria sense an immune response, and then become hyper-virulent. This means that treatment with antibiotics...

Clostridium difficile bacteria account for many cases of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea, and currently causes 7000...

Whether or not bacteria stick around in your local hospital isn’t always down to local conditions or cleaning....

The bacterium MRSA has been the big villain of hospital acquired infections – it’s resistant to common antibacterial...

A new proposal for an absolutely massive solar power tower in Namibia forces the issue of electricity in Africa -...

In some cases, the human heart can be 'pre-conditioned', and as such can withstand the damage of a heart...

This year's BA festival was held in Liverpool - the European City of Culture. Lord Robert Winston explains why a...

The LHC may be the biggest particle accelerator in the world but how does it work? We spoke to Ben Allanach from the...

What does it take to create something as big as the LHC? Guy Crockford is an engineer in the control room of CERN and...

The beams created by the LHC will be used by scientists from all over the world in their research. Tara Shears from the...

Trawl fishing involved hauling a net behind a boat, and is extremely good for catching large numbers of fish. However...