Synthetic Biology

Synthetic Biology

We explore synthetic biology in this Naked Scientists Show, finding out how to learn from, and improve on, the structures and systems we find in nature. We'll meet the team of students who designed a biological sensor to win the international genetically engineered machine competition, or iGEM, and find out how to build bespoke proteins. In Kitchen Science, we feed an egg to some enzymes to find out how biological washing powder works. Plus, what the brain does when it sees a familiar face, genetically modified crops boost resistant bug numbers, how to create hair cells, essential for hearing,... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Clocks, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll

Clocks, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll

We mark the clocks going back with a look at our circadian rhythms: that's the mechanism by which our bodies mark time and keep our biological processes ticking over. Some drugs work better at certain...

1 Nov 202230min

Charged up bees and deep, dark seas

Charged up bees and deep, dark seas

In the news this week, a new health study of unprecedented scale launches in the UK to improve disease detection, CAR-T therapy is administered without tailoring it specifically to the patient, the sh...

28 Okt 202228min

SEEMONSTER and the circular economy

SEEMONSTER and the circular economy

A trip to the British seaside to see a See Monster - that's the title for the decommissioned gas platform turned art installation attempting to fuel new discussions around reuse and renewable energy i...

25 Okt 202229min

Neanderthals, lost nets, and net zero

Neanderthals, lost nets, and net zero

Coming up this week... how bacteria could be supercharging cancer cells, the ghost fishing nets laying waste to our oceans, and could capturing carbon underground hold the key to our net zero ambition...

21 Okt 202234min

The Latest on Long Covid

The Latest on Long Covid

This week, the latest research findings on Long Covid. What did a study on over a million people reveal about who's at risk of the condition and for how long? What research is now being done to discov...

18 Okt 202231min

These boots are made for walking

These boots are made for walking

Coming up this week in the news, the advanced warning signs ten years ahead that Alzheimer's might be on the way, the exoskeleton boot that learns how you walk and helps you go faster, and the sleepin...

14 Okt 202226min

Can fracking calm the energy crisis?

Can fracking calm the energy crisis?

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is an industrial process undertaken to access pockets of gas locked inside rock formations underground. It's seen by its proponents as a vital part of the solution t...

11 Okt 202225min

Nobel Prize Roundup

Nobel Prize Roundup

In the news, we dissect the achievements of the Nobel prize winners for science and medicine, ask whether paracetamol causes behavioural problems in children, and hear about the disturbance caused by ...

7 Okt 202242min

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