Interviews with Scientists

Controlling how natural light gets into a building could help to reduce energy demands and costs. Professor Stephen...

This Week in Science History saw, in 1981, the publication of an article that was the first to describe a new endemic...

Julie Segre takes us on a tour of the diverse species of bacteria her team have discovered crawling over our skin.

Aerosols and spray cans from the bottom of the bombardier beetle; Andy McIntosh tells us more.

Chris Elvin tells us about the super-springy protein that his lab managed to synthesise.

Forget wind turbines made from vast sheets of metal - make them from fast-growing bamboo! Jim Platts tells us more.

This Week in Science History saw in 1919, the solar eclipse that proved Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity...

Biological Link between Cancer and Depression

Albinism - Why Some People have No Skin Pigmentation

Evolution of Skin Colours

Getting a scratch or cut in your skin usually means you have to put up with a scar later. But this may not be the case...

Curing Infant Jaundice

This week in science history saw, in 1927, the death of Eduard Bruckner, the German geographer and climatologist who...

It's estimated that 80% of people with hepatitis C aren't aware they have it. World Heptatitis Day is aimed...

This month, Chris Vallance tells us about a new generation of eBook readers, and how authors are using social...

This week in science history saw, in 1852, the publication of a paper by Edward Frankland describing the valence theory...

Alan Titchmarsh gives his recommendations on the perfect pond and Jeremy Biggs extolls the virtues of pond making on a...

Thursday 14th May, all being well, we are going to see the launch of the European Space Agency’s Herschel and Planck...

The Great Cam Cleanup is a volunteer project to help keep the river Cam clean by picking out the litter, bikes and...

How foreign species are coming here and taking all our niches...

This week in science history saw, in 1952, the inventor Geoffrey Dummer present his idea of the integrated circuit, now...

People are concerned about swine influenza from Mexico but surely more answers than any can be obtained by sequencing...

Stephan Zielinski has made his own viral music from swine flu using a simple sequence of amino acids found in swine flu...

Dr. Howard Stone is looking for ways to get the most out of metals as we use them to make jet engine blades. Advances...