Latest Interviews


Big Ask: Pushing the boundaries

Added: 10 Jul 2023

Terahertz technology may be in its relative infancy but fortunately the scientist leading the Natio…

In agro: field labs and farmer-led research

Added: 19 Jun 2022

The Innovative Farmers not for profit network brings together farmers and growers with researchers …

It’s all just a matter of perception

Added: 4 Apr 2022

In anticipation of the announcement of this year’s competition winners, we asked previous winners a…

Understanding menopause in your workforce

Added: 1 Mar 2022

While jumping at the chance to tell her personal story about how menopause has affected her work, t…

The promise of COVID-19 surveillance through wastewater testing

Added: 22 Dec 2021

Pandemic modelling data can be gathered through mass testing by monitoring viral RNA levels in wast…

How to gain Chinese regulation compliance

Added: 12 Nov 2021

Dr Paul Orange outlines the project which led to his involvement in the new Chinese battery protoco…

Pandemic accelerates automation in the lab sector

Added: 15 Oct 2021

Laboratories are just one of the many businesses that were forced to adapt operations because of th…

Banking botanicals: protecting plants and safeguarding seeds

Added: 16 Jul 2021

Following up on the wonderful photo story, ‘Botanical biodiversity banked’, published on our websit…

Bioluminescence: a life study of ocean light

Added: 30 Mar 2021

Bioluminescence is visually magical and has inspired many scientists to dive deep to discover its s…

Can efficiency and sustainability coexist?

Added: 17 Aug 2020

Allison Paradise, CEO of My Green lab, a non-profit organization and Marc Boreham vice president an…

What a tip…

Added: 28 Feb 2020

A life-long fascination, a haven for rare species and a multi-legged monster new to science… Liam O…

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

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Plastics have become a deeply worrying environmental issue, but it is unlikely that demand will dro…

Getting the right exposure

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Understanding the totality of environmental exposures from conception onward and what that might do…

Adventures of a volcano whisperer

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 16 Mar 2018

From bandits at dawn to lost airships, not to mention live volcanoes ­– the life of an intrepid vol…

Plastic (not so) fantastic

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 11 Jan 2018

Microplastic pollution of the oceans is a deadly ecological problem, yet oddly we cant find 99% of …

Standing on SUCCESS

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

How to mitigate rising CO2 levels? The answer says Ehsan Jorat is right under our feet. Here he tel…

Colin Murrell: fighting climate change with microbiology

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

Professor Colin Murrell is the first Director of the Earth and Life Sciences Alliance (ELSA), an in…

Returning bumblebees to Britain’s countryside

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 10 Aug 2012

Bumble bees are important for pollination of plants and crops, but certain species are threatened w…