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…

Seeing into a black heart

Added: 28 Oct 2019

Big problems need big solutions and can, on occasion, lead to big successes. Such it is with one of…

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…

Exploring the void

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 20 Dec 2017

With the universe in constant motion, making reliable astrophysical observations can be tricky – es…

A spot of intergalactic dusting

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 11 Sep 2017

How to see through galactic dust in order to study the universe? Miguel Pereira Santaella thinks al…

When will we finally see red?

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 17 Aug 2017

The players are varied and the scene is set – so who will win the new space race? Astrophysicist An…

Apprenticeships: A good step forward, but nothing new

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 10 Aug 2017

They maybe much lauded, and rightly so, but apprenticeships in science are nothing new says Sir Ter…

The man with X-ray vision

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 6 Feb 2017

From neutron stars to nebulas – X-ray astronomy has revealed so much of our universe. Here X-ray vi…

Putting the sun in a box…

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 11 Nov 2016

Last month, Ian Chapman stepped into his role as CEO of the national nuclear fusion resource – the …

It’s biology Jim, but not as we know it...

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 13 Oct 2016

After his appearance at Lab Innovations – we hear from physicist and all-round science hero Profess…

Climbing Everest

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 8 Oct 2016

Greg Foot, Science Presenter on the BBC and YouTube will be speaking at Lab Innovations 2016, the U…

Harnessing the quantum world

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 2 Mar 2016

Professor Raymond Laflamme describes the quantum world, and details the biggest challenges involved…

From bright stars to dark energy

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 23 Nov 2015

Dr Rita Tojeiro was recently awarded one of five 2015 L’Oréal-UNESCO UK & Ireland Women In Science …

The extreme science of ‘White Mars’

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 2 Nov 2015

In one of the coldest, most isolated and remote places on Earth, a multicultural crew of 13 perform…

Mind on matter - Mark Miodownik speaks up for Materials Science

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 14 Sep 2015

Professor Mark Miodownik, Materials Scientist, Engineer and Broadcaster tells us about his current …

Hunting whistlers in the bush

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 5 Aug 2015

Deep in the Australian Outback, testbed studies for the Square Kilometer Array have made it possibl…

Eduardo Miranda and musical slime mould

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 15 Jul 2015

A musical ‘duet’ between slime mould and a scientist creates beautiful and unusual sounds. Professo…

What will follow the James Webb Space Telescope?

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 17 Jun 2015

Scientists are calling for a giant space telescope to follow the James Webb Space Telescope – Profe…

Hiding in plain sight

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 28 May 2015

What was the fate of the compact massive galaxies that populated the early Universe? This has been …

Capturing elusive anti-atoms

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 28 May 2015

For the first time, scientists at CERN have measured the charge of an anti-atom to high precision. …