Monitoring Moods with Mobiles
Can new technologies probe human thoughts and feelings without us even realising? This week we talk to a researcher who's using mobile phones to tap into peoples' emotions to provide new insights into...
11 Dec 201158min
Underwater Archaeology and Underwater Welding
How do archaeologists locate, conserve and recover historical treasures from old shipwrecks? What is erosion revealing on the foreshores of the River Thames? And how do you weld up an oil or gas pipel...
4 Dec 201159min
Imaging the Invisible
This week, how immune cells can be caught on camera as they exit blood vessels, a new design of lensless microscope and one that sees cells in 3D, how sound and heat can be used to find faults in mate...
27 Nov 201159min
Is Technology Altering Your Brain?
Is modern technology changing your brain? How fast does flu fly? Can you build a lightsaber? Your questions are the stars on the Naked Scientists this week, as we discuss the implications of faster...
20 Nov 201158min
Flu Vaccines from Tobacco?
In a show not to be sneezed at, we look at the evidence that coughs and sneezes are linked to heart attacks. We also probe the Flu Survey, a new citizen science initiative to gather data on the incid...
13 Nov 201158min
NCRI Cancer Conference
This week Kat Arney joins us live from the National Cancer Research Institute's conference in Liverpool. We find out how mistakes in cell signalling can cause cancers and why DNA repair pathways offer...
6 Nov 201156min
Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Therapy
This week's podcast is live from the British Society for Gene Therapy (BSGT) conference in Brighton, UK. Some of the world's top gene and stem cell therapists explain how we can manipulate genes to t...
29 Okt 20111h 5min
Why Is Ice Slippery?
Can moonlight and a magnifying glass be used to start a fire? Why do bananas go brown and does it happen faster in the fridge or the fruitbowl? Why are ice and snow slippery? And how does flyspray wor...
22 Okt 20111h 1min
