Latest Interviews
The hidden power of mathematics
Added: 12 Dec 2019
As she gets set to tread the boards for the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, Dr Hannah Fry tal…
Just good sense
Added: 29 Nov 2019
Síle Lane is on a mission to challenge misrepresentation of science and evidence. She is leading t…
A real chemical showman
Added: 28 Aug 2019
Science populariser and chemist extraordinaire Andrea Sella will be a keynote speaker at this year’…
Five things you learn from working in cleanrooms
Added: 19 Aug 2019
Want to avoid committing a serious faux pas before you start working in cleanrooms? That would be h…
In his element
Added: 29 Jul 2019
We spoke to astrobiologist Robert Hazen whose new book, Symphony in C, draws parallels between carb…
Just play the game
Added: 10 Jun 2019
Games have never been more popular – but can they really help in the teaching of science? You bet y…
One man’s trash
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 7 Mar 2019
Plastics have become a deeply worrying environmental issue, but it is unlikely that demand will dro…
A distinctly combinatorial approach
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 12 Feb 2018
As energy costs go up, will we be able to leverage the power of the sun to produce chemicals? Meet …
Taking on the resistance
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 12 Jan 2018
It is no secret that there is a desperate need for a response to antimicrobial resistance, so what …
Putting it all on the table
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 19 Jun 2017
In 2015 four new elements were added to the periodic table. They remain – as do many of the heavy e…
Using chemistry to get knotted
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 18 May 2017
Chemists at the University of Manchester have managed to tie a rather unusual knot – in fact it is …
To commercialise great science, inspire young scientists
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 11 May 2017
Steve Bennett thinks that developing and commercialising great science is really very simple… it st…
Ready for a fully energised lecture?
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 12 Dec 2016
The Christmas Lectures have been a key part of the Royal Institution’s science outreach since 1825.…
Chef de science
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 4 May 2016
Professor Peter Barnham speaks on the science of molecular gastronomy.
Harnessing the quantum world
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 2 Mar 2016
Professor Raymond Laflamme describes the quantum world, and details the biggest challenges involved…
Mind on matter - Mark Miodownik speaks up for Materials Science
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 14 Sep 2015
Professor Mark Miodownik, Materials Scientist, Engineer and Broadcaster tells us about his current …
Relaunching the power of fluorine
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 4 Sep 2015
DuPont 2015 Chemistry Student Award winner Sébastien Alazet talks fluorine and how to reinvigorate …
Chemistry in the perfect coffee
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 18 Mar 2015
Computational chemistry and coffee; not – you might imagine – natural bedfellows. But Theoretical a…
Dr Valery Nesvizhevsky on his serendipitous discovery
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 12 May 2014
Researchers at the Institut Laue Langevin recently made a serendipitous discovery while reviewing 6…
Fred Turner on his homebuilt PCR machine
qwwqdccwwm.d qwwqdccwwm.d | Added: 14 Apr 2014
Fred Turner, an undergraduate studying biochemistry at the University of Oxford was recently listed…
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