Latest Interviews


Reading the immune system

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 14 Feb 2019

It is a combination of academia and industry which is helping Aleksandr Kovaltsuk read the logbook …

Shooting down HIV hope

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 4 Feb 2019

When Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, all passengers and crew were…

Perfecting the inside job

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 6 Jan 2019

An industrial fellowship helped Jonathan Vince explore how to avoid the grim side-effects of tradit…

Taking the wider view

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 3 Jan 2019

The ‘quality’ of a research paper is a tricky thing to quantify – journal impact factors and citati…

A right royal institution: Professor Aoife McLysaght

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 29 Nov 2018

This year, The Royal Institution Christmas lectures will, for the first time in its 194-year histor…

Finding the next generation of cancer therapy

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 28 Nov 2018

Having been awarded a grant from The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 – Carlos Julià is …

Using science to change our world

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 24 Oct 2018

As the Royal Institution sets it sights on expanding the public understanding of science, we hear f…

The art of taking things apart

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 23 Oct 2018

Science presenter, broadcaster and even physical phenomena namer… we spent a minute with Steve Moul…

Gearing up for show time

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

Science populariser and broadcaster extraordinaire Maggie Philbin will be a keynote speaker at this…

Food for thought

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

Bacteriophages are well known to molecular and microbiology, but could they really be a new vanguar…

Getting the right exposure

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 6 Sep 2018

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

A weight off your mind

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 7 Aug 2018

Fiona Auty explains why the National Physical Laboratory is going to the immense trouble of redefin…

An aquatic approach to space food

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 23 Jul 2018

Just how do you haul enough food into space on extended manned missions without burning through vit…

The money man

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 15 Jun 2018

We are all aware of the sweat, tears, and stress required to win a grant bid… but what does it look…

The flora and fauna of modern forensics

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 6 Jun 2018

The postmortem microbiome, forensic botany and some very angry creationists… when Professor Nathan …

Therapeutics LIVE!

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 21 May 2018

It has access to the largest surface area of the body, alters drugs before they even enter the bloo…

Everyone is invited to the science party

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 10 May 2018

Dallas Campbell is a well-known science populariser and, this month, will be a key speaker at the S…

The art of the matter

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 13 Apr 2018

Last month we chatted with Dr Iris Salecker of the Visual Circuit Assembly Laboratory to find out w…

So near, yet so far

qwqcdhhcbc.d qwqcdhhcbc.d | Added: 6 Apr 2018

To PhD students and supervisors everywhere – it may be a very tough road, but help is at hand. Prey…

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…