Latest Interviews


Meet the author of Rise of the Rocket Girls

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Nathalia Holt, microbiologist-turned-author, tells us about her latest book, Rise of the Rocket Gir…

A hole new approach

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 11 Dec 2015

Jemma Rowlandson tells us how nanoporous materials are set to take on the world, and win

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…

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No - it’s a snake...seriously, a flying snake.

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No - it’s a snake...seriously, a flying snake. Jake Socha, professor a…

New approach puts kids in space!

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 11 Feb 2015

Crossing the traditional boundaries of education and active research – the Langton Star Centre is n…

What inspires two Industrial Fellowship winners

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

Alice Hagan is working with Biocompatibles UK Ltd and the University of Brighton to develop beads c…

Dr Eva-Marie Graefe juggles science and motherhood - with help from L'Oreal and UNESCO

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Dr Eva-Marie Graefe juggles researching leaky quantum systems with being a mum – here we learn more…

How to hack your home with Ri Christmas lecturer Danielle George

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 12 Nov 2014

We catch up with this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer Danielle George to find out what …

Dr Tracy Briggs awarded For Women in Science Fellowship

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 13 Oct 2014

Dr Tracy Briggs was recently awarded one of four UK & Ireland L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science F…

Fred Turner on his homebuilt PCR machine

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 14 Apr 2014

Fred Turner, an undergraduate studying biochemistry at the University of Oxford was recently listed…

The 1851 Fellowship

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 10 Mar 2014

Eight young graduates were recently awarded £80,000 each to develop innovative commercial technolog…

Glassblowing with Stephanie Preston

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 6 Aug 2013

All of us at some stage in our careers have used scientific glassware – but how do those intricate …

Scott R. White - The man who can heal materials

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 5 Apr 2013

For many the work of Scott R. White seems like magic – he can make material heal itself when cracke…

Mary Ryan tries to save the last Flying Pencil

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 1 Feb 2012

Drs Mary Ryan and Amy Cruickshank are in a race against time to save the last remaining intact Flyi…

A ray of sunshine with Lucie Green

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 26 May 2011

They travel at 2000km/s and could well be heading our way - who better to chat to about coronal mas…

Diamond's always different for Claire Pizzey

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 1 Nov 2010

No two days are ever the same at Diamond – the UK’s synchrotron light facility. Laboratory News cau…

Hauksbee Award winner Tim Harrison

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 1 Apr 2010

The Royal Society’s Hauksbee Awards recognises the backroom boffins of science labs, research insti…