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01 March 2012
A 1940 operative resection specimen from a boy of ten years. Who had acute abdominal pain at noon, vomiting twice and...
01 March 2012
An operative resection specimen from a 22 year old woman who had a three month history of epigastric pain, stabbing in...
29 February 2012
Hydrochloric acid podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
27 February 2012
How much is now possible with genetic engineering? Plus we ask will the plastics in the sea ever degrade?
27 February 2012
Dr. Hannah Critchlow opens up the mind to reveal the neurons controlling the inner workings of our brain and our...
27 February 2012
In this newsflash, we discover the micro MRI machine that can probe individual atoms, find out why brain training...
26 February 2012
What's the point of earwax? Does WiFi damage the brain? Can a mobile phone in a trouser pocket dent a man's...
25 February 2012
Is an asteroid impact more likely than winning the lottery? What can Moon rock tell us about the Earth? And how did a...
24 February 2012
Can we grow a hamburger in a dish? What's the one meat that vegetarians can ethically eat? Do ants regard rival...
22 February 2012
TNT podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
21 February 2012
This Month, Dr Hannah Critchlow opens up the mind to reveal the neurons controlling the inner workings of our brain and...
20 February 2012
Which film dominates with their most realistic use of lasers?
20 February 2012
In this NewsFlash, we boot up computers at the smallest and the largest scales. We'll find out how the newly...
19 February 2012
A new liquid crystal laser that can dial-up any wavelength of light you need, a laser-powered projector technology that...
17 February 2012
Why is amputation necessary in cases of gangrene? What is aspartame and can it cause Alzheimer's? What's the...
17 February 2012
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: Sue Nelson visits RAL Space at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire...
17 February 2012
From DVD players and supermarket scanners to laser pointers and Bond movies, lasers are part of our lives. But just how...
15 February 2012
Haemoglobin podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
13 February 2012
We find out if fermentation yeast survive being blasted into outer Space, we find out if it is possible to brew up a...
13 February 2012
In this NewsFlash, we'll hear how disguising cancer cells as salmonella could hold the key to producing anti-...
12 February 2012
Over two-thirds of the energy in the fuel you put into your car is wasted, most of it in the form of heat that exits...
11 February 2012
Naked Oceans takes a look around the lush world of seagrasses. We find out how diversity of critters, big and small,...
10 February 2012
What is freezing rain, do cats control their owners, how do accents arise, why does hair go grey? What causes deja-vu?