Latest Interviews


There’s no story quite like our own - Jon Agar

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There’s no story quite like our own – we catch up with an author who has tackled the history of sci…

Harnessing the power of plants with Professor George Lomonossoff

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 1 Jun 2012

Nature can provide the starting point for many drugs, pharmaceuticals and vaccines – and plants are…

Exploring the world under our feet with Paul Younger

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One scientist plays Indiana Jones to explore the world beneath our feet!--more--

Paul Younger has ph…

Dating agency for scientists - not quite says Andrew McElroy

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A kind of dating agency for scientists; The Research Network at Discovery Park aim to find the righ…

Dr Daniel Müllensiefen on sing-along-able tunes

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 6 Mar 2012

We are the Champions, the 1977 classic from Queen has been named as the most sing-along-able song b…

Mary Ryan tries to save the last Flying Pencil

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

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

Glassblowing with Paul Le Pinnet

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Award-winning glassblower Paul Le Pinnet, renowned for skilfully moulding molten glass into intrica…

Professor Bruce Hood would like to introduce you to - your brain

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 1 Dec 2011

Professor Bruce Hood has the honour of delivering this year’s Royal Institution lectures, and he ha…

Award winning lecturer Chick C Wilson

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 23 Nov 2011

This month we catch up with a chemist from Bath who’s been lecturing on misbehaving molecules
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Pathogenic microbes earn Dr Edward Feil a scientific Medal

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 26 Sep 2011

How do new pathogenic microbial strains evolve and spread? It is a question that occupies Dr Edward…

Edward Lemke opens doors for molecular biologists

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 26 Aug 2011

Introducing a single reactive artificial amino acid into a protein opens up a whole new world for m…

Roy Wogelius unlocks fossils' secrets

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 26 Jul 2011

This month we speak to a geochemist who has been unlocking the secrets held in the skin of a 50 mil…

Janine Erler's Red Hot Women Award

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 26 Jun 2011

Women are increasingly being recognised for their role in science and scientific research, and this…

A ray of sunshine with Lucie Green

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.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…

Talking toxic gases with Chris Cooper

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 26 Apr 2011

Toxic gases actually play an important role in the everyday functioning of our bodies. An Essex pro…

Dinosaur detective Phil Manning

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 26 Mar 2011

Imagine getting paid to dig up dinosaurs and make a TV show about it – sounds like fun! We’re so je…

Paul Scotting takes genetics into his own hands

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 26 Feb 2011

This month Laboratory News meets the geneticist who decided to take matters into his own hands when…

Neural interactions with Rogier Mars

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 26 Jan 2011

What is TMS and how can it be used? We found out from a scientist who uses the technique in his dai…

Size Matters says Mark Miodownik

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This year’s Royal Institution Christmas lectures are returning to the BBC so we caught up with this…

Diamond's always different for Claire Pizzey

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

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