A career of genetic detective work on dangerous pathogens...
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01 January 2012
A 1965 operative resection specimen from a 36 year old woman who had suffered bleeding from the rectum intermittently...
01 January 2012
A 1968 autopsy specimen from a 46 year old man. Admitted complaining of pain and ulceration in the back passage for...
21 December 2011
Tartrazine podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
20 December 2011
If you could look down from the International Space Station, what would you look at? This month on Naked Astronomy, we...
19 December 2011
Why would your feet seem further away when lying down? We put our visual depth perception to the test to find out how...
19 December 2011
In this NewsFlash, we hear how the reality of Finding Nemo might be Not Finding Nemo, as a new survey looks at just how...
18 December 2011
Are candles environmentally unfriendly? Why does tinfoil touching a filling set my teeth on edge? What colour does a...
15 December 2011
Green fluorescent protein podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
15 December 2011
Every Christmas, one vegetable divides opinion – Brussels sprouts. Some of us love them, some of us hate them, but...
12 December 2011
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast - Sue Nelson goes to the Thames Barrier to find out how engineers use science to...
12 December 2011
Fish reproduce by squirting out eggs and fertilising them, so where's the joy in that? Is there any form of...
12 December 2011
In this NewsFlash, how cancer cells spread to new areas, the discovery that ancient man built anti-insect beds, and...
11 December 2011
Can new technologies probe human thoughts and feelings without us even realising? This week we talk to a researcher who...
11 December 2011
Naked Oceans gets festive this month with a seasonal guide to ocean-friendly gifts. Featuring sustainable fishy pets,...
08 December 2011
Nitric acid podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
05 December 2011
Why is it that the sound of nails being dragged down a blackboard makes every muscle tense and every nerve jangle? We...
05 December 2011
A new study indicates that nicotine primes the brain for cocaine by altering the structure of a gene linked to learning...
05 December 2011
This month, we celebrate the international year of chemistry by exploring the wide range of chemical discoveries and...
05 December 2011
In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we hear how the Voyager missions can now detect radiation given out by the birth of...
04 December 2011
Why does your blood run cold from fingernails scraping down a school blackboard?
04 December 2011
How do archaeologists locate, conserve and recover historical treasures from old shipwrecks? What is erosion revealing...
30 November 2011
Cryolite podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
28 November 2011
Why can't weak-sighted people focus on objects in a nearby mirror?
28 November 2011
This week, we learn how nerve cells can be transplanted to correct metabolic disorders, investigate the long terms...