Interviews with Scientists

Is music just there for pleasure, or does it have a role to fulfil? We spoke to Dr Ian Cross...

Is that file you deleted really gone? Could someone retrieve your passwords from an old hard disk? We ask Graham Henley...

Organ Rejection is a big problem, overcome by immuno-suppressant drugs. But these drugs are quite toxic and leaves...

Donated organs need to be transported to the recipient as quickly as possible, and won't survive for long. Now,...

A few weeks ago, we reported on the breakthrough where scientists in America had been able to build a beating heart in...

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer for men in the UK, and now researchers at the Institute of Cancer...

Could we generate electricity from the energy we waste while walking? Professor Max Donelan has developed a way to...

Heating and cooling the average house takes a lot of energy - but filling your walls with tiny wax capsules could keep...

This week, Mark Peplow comes in to tell us about the moves towards holographic 3D TV, how it could take years to pay...

In the world of technology this week, copyright infringement on the "virtual" high seas as Pirate Bay goes to...

Could something in your diet affect your emotions? Rising Star Caroline Stokes explains how you could eat your way out...

The Barnes wetlands site in London lays claim to be the 'best urban site in Europe to watch wildlife, and is home...

The Louisiana wetlands are the largest in the USA and amongst the largest wetlands in the world, playing a vital role...

despite being expanses of waterlogged land, wetlands actually offer great protection against flooding. So good, in...

Wetlands are disappearing faster than rainforests, and support a huge number of species as well as offering protection...

The new standard in black has been discovered! Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic have developed a material using...

This week's Rising Star, Yvonna Reekie, explores the neurological basis of emotions, and how the brain reacts to...

We suss out the facts of flu with Cambridge university researcher Ed Hutchinson...

We find out about a revolutionary new way to diagnose our winter bugs in two hours rather than two weeks. It’s going to...

We’ve already heard about how flu actually causes disease, how it invades us, how it hijacks our cells and makes us...

Do ants look tasty to you? These ones might do! Dr Steve Yanoviak and his team have found a species of ant which,...