Catalysts for Cleaner Environments and Future Energy

Catalysts for Cleaner Environments and Future Energy

Chemistry and lightning quick reactions are under discussion this week as Emma Schofield explains what a catalyst is, how catalytic converters work and how catalysts can help to clean up the atmosphere, and Fraser Armstrong discusses fuel cells, using hydrogen as a fuel and how enzymes naturally found in bacteria are making hydrogen a more realistic energy source for the future. In Kitchen Science, both guests are used as guinea pigs as Dave Ansell demonstrates the wonder of enzymes with nothing but a slice of bread... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Decoding our inner voice, and hunting for life on Mars

Decoding our inner voice, and hunting for life on Mars

In this edition of The Naked Scientists: the scientists who think they can decode the thoughts we hear in our heads. Also ahead: do ultra-processed foods make it much harder to lose weight? Plus, we h...

15 Aug 202536min

'Three-parent babies' prevent inherited genetic condition

'Three-parent babies' prevent inherited genetic condition

James Tytko explores the science behind 'three-parent' embryos: the incredible medical procedure that prevents children from inheriting incurable mitochondrial diseases. Like this podcast? Please help...

12 Aug 202526min

Medicinal microbes for kidney stones, and musky mice

Medicinal microbes for kidney stones, and musky mice

In the news, why a dose of bacteria might be the solution to combating kidney stones. What tooth enamel tells us about the lives and diets of dinosaurs. And what the world's most abundant insects can ...

8 Aug 202531min

A 21st century guide to hunting dinosaur fossils

A 21st century guide to hunting dinosaur fossils

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, we are on the hunt for dinosaurs as we explore how cutting edge tech, chisels, and canoes go hand in hand when changing the way we view our prehistoric past......

5 Aug 202533min

Old drug new tricks, and a sensational bionic leg

Old drug new tricks, and a sensational bionic leg

In the news, an old drug heralds a new treatment for the gut parasite Cryptosporidium; the bionic-knee that anticipates where amputees want to go to make movements much more natural; and why we're spo...

1 Aug 202531min

The science of modern warfare

The science of modern warfare

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, how is science helping to shape the future of warfare? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

29 Jul 202530min

Malaria bites back, and the lunar base race

Malaria bites back, and the lunar base race

In the news podcast, what's causing the uptick in malaria cases in Africa? Also, scientists show statistically that the sex of a baby at birth is not random, and South Korea joins the throng in the ra...

25 Jul 202538min

Vivaldi: The data revolution coming to care homes

Vivaldi: The data revolution coming to care homes

There are more than sixteen thousand care homes across the UK, housing around half a million people. Staggering numbers. They are meant to be places of safety, support, and quiet, relaxed companionshi...

22 Jul 202530min

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