Naked Scientists Special Editions
Special feature podcasts produced by the Naked Scientists team.
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Science In-Situ - 13.03.25
This month we explore science 'in action' as we discover ...
This month we explore science 'in action' as we discover how researchers at the synchrotron are experimenting with implants, industrial catalysts and engine materials In-Situ! We discover how manipulating materials as they form can help create longer...
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BANG! Naked Science Festival - 13.03.17
Breasts, bazookas, bosons and bombs: The Naked Scientists take to ...
Breasts, bazookas, bosons and bombs: The Naked Scientists take to the stage for the Cambridge Science Festival 2013. An explosive mix of fertile conversation and kitchen science......
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Tidal energy, turtle mating habits - 13.03.12
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: a look at ...
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: a look at the potential to generate up to 20 per cent of the UK's electricity from tidal energy; and why understanding the nuts and bolts of turtles' sex lives could help protect those most at risk....
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What does DNA sequencing do for me? - 13.03.12
Cambridge chemist and biotechnologist Shankar Balasubramanian discusses DNA sequencing and ...
Cambridge chemist and biotechnologist Shankar Balasubramanian discusses DNA sequencing and its implications for health and disease....
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Ice-Quakes in Svalbard - 13.03.11
We spoke to Emma Smith, a PhD student with the ...
We spoke to Emma Smith, a PhD student with the British Antarctic Survey about her work whilst she was based in the icy noth of Svalbard......
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Benedict Cumberbatch - 13.03.06
Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is the Cambridge Science Festival's guest ...
Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is the Cambridge Science Festival's guest director this year, meaning he's been assisting the Cambridge University festival team with putting together the programme for the two-week event, which launches on March 11...
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Our ancient ancestors, deep sea worms - 13.02.19
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: why textbook illustrations ...
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: why textbook illustrations of our early ancestors may have to be re-drawn; and why underwater canyons contain a wealth of life, including some rather ugly-looking worms....
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Using Genetics to Save the Ash Tree - 13.02.05
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: decoding the ash ...
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: decoding the ash tree's entire genetic sequence to produce a strain which is more resilient to ash dieback; the challenges of extracting biofuels from algae; and the latest news on Planet Earth Online....
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Martin Welch - 13.02.01
Researchers at Cambridge University announced the discovery of a new ...
Researchers at Cambridge University announced the discovery of a new way to attack the bacterial "superbug" Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which accounts for 6% of all hospital acquired infections and can be very hard to treat, particularly for patients wit...
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Avian pox in UK great tits, top conservation issues - 13.01.22
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: how a virus ...
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast: how a virus brought to the UK by insects poses a worrying threat to the country's great tit population; and which new technologies could affect global biodiversity in 2013....
