Making a Meal out of Microbes

Making a Meal out of Microbes

This week we explore the role of microbes in drug development, food production and soil fertility. We investigate how bacteria such as Streptomyces are used and improved to make antibiotics, discover how gut microbes in cattle can be manipulated to increase growth and reduce environmental impact, and we visit the Chelsea flower show to learn how Rhizobia found in the roots of legumes could be used to improve crop growth and food availability. Also, in the news, how shift-work could affect your fertility, a new method of data storage using DNA, the key to growing the tastiest tomatoes and the... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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UK invests in 'cyber army', and turning lead into gold

UK invests in 'cyber army', and turning lead into gold

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: The UK announces a 1 billion pound budget for a cyber army: but what will these keyboard warriors be doing? Also, a vaccine for norovirus that is just one pill...

30 Touko 202532min

Titans of Science: Simon Baron-Cohen

Titans of Science: Simon Baron-Cohen

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, Titans of Science continues with Autism research pioneer, Simon Baron-Cohen... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

27 Touko 202532min

Curing mosquitoes' malaria, and the history of our units

Curing mosquitoes' malaria, and the history of our units

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: The new drug that cures mosquitoes of malaria. Intrigued? You'll see why scientists have done this, in just a minute. Also, the Microsoft AI system set to revo...

23 Touko 202533min

The rising tide of fungal diseases

The rising tide of fungal diseases

This episode of The Naked Scientists was brought to you in partnership with the health foundation Wellcome.In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we return to the world of fungi and why this is one ...

20 Touko 202535min

DNA frees man after 38 years, and breast cancer breakthrough

DNA frees man after 38 years, and breast cancer breakthrough

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: New DNA evidence helps free a British man after 38 years in prison. Also, Cambridge scientists push up breast cancer survival rates and cut side effects with a...

16 Touko 202536min

Titans of Science: Sarah Parcak

Titans of Science: Sarah Parcak

Sarah Parcak was born in Bangor, Maine on the 23rd of November 1978. She attended Bangor High School before reading Egyptology and Archaeology at Yale University. She then studied here in Cambridge un...

13 Touko 202530min

Tough climate future ahead, and self-inflicted snake bites

Tough climate future ahead, and self-inflicted snake bites

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: A landmark report that outlines the generational impact of climate change; also, the man bitten by snakes and even injected with venom hundreds of times has pr...

9 Touko 202537min

How fungi shape our world

How fungi shape our world

This episode of The Naked Scientists was brought to you in partnership with the health foundation Wellcome. This week, the first in a two-part series on the hidden world of fungi. What we do - and don...

6 Touko 202533min

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