A career of genetic detective work on dangerous pathogens...
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31 January 2011
Some hand washes claim to kill 99.99% of all germs. What do these advertising slogans really mean? Would two hand...
31 January 2011
This month we look back at Diamond's scientific highlights of 2010 to reveal how microbes are eroding away our...
31 January 2011
In this NewsFlash, we find out why our model of the circadian clock might be wrong, how the bacteria that live inside a...
30 January 2011
Leprosy goes under the microscope this week as we uncover the origins of one of the oldest known human diseases,...
30 January 2011
This week we join Hugh Hunt to explore how retroflectors work to help us see at night...
28 January 2011
In this latest watery-themed Planet Earth Podcast, Richard Hollingham hears how the underwater world isn't the...
28 January 2011
Straight from the horse's mouth, or cow's stomach, this week how scientists have found the genetic clue to...
26 January 2011
Ethanol podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
25 January 2011
This month on Naked Astronomy, we discover the streams of antimatter coming from lightning on Earth, and find out how...
24 January 2011
Light is supposed to be massless so how is it that gravity makes a beam bend?
24 January 2011
In this NewsFlash from the Naked Scientists, news of a novel way to neutralise HIV, researchers uncover how brains...
23 January 2011
We're analysing the matter of antimatter this week to find out what is antimatter, how is it made and why's...
23 January 2011
We explore what a PET Scan is, how a PET scanner works and discover a way to make them clearer and more efficient by...
21 January 2011
Where do renal calculi come from, can weight loss halt diabetes, how might neuro-feedback help ADHD and autism, what...
21 January 2011
Why is a storm cloud flattened on top? In this episode of the Naked Science Scrapbook, we'll find out what causes...
17 January 2011
In this touchy-feely Question of the Week we find out which bits of the brain interpret text and Braille. Are they the...
17 January 2011
This month's divested archaeology consists of the mitochondrial DNA of Europe's first farmers; how to...
17 January 2011
In this NewsFlash, we discover a faster and cheaper way to make bespoke computer chips, find out how stem cells can...
16 January 2011
Does a metal implant turn a person into a living lightning-conductor or radio receiver, is eye-size important, why is...
14 January 2011
Could personal nuclear reactors power towns, why can't eyes be transplanted like livers, is it dangerous not to...
12 January 2011
Nitrogen triiodide podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
12 January 2011
As the UK winter continues to bite, Sue Nelson tries to escape it all by going to visit a coral reef. Unfortunately for...
11 January 2011
This month we explore ways we can tread more lightly on the oceans by finding alternatives to overfishing.
11 January 2011
How an IVF study could lead to a test to predict the treatment's outcome, how a woman's tears can manipulate...