scientist 69: the science author – Michael Freemantle says WW1 was the chemists war (2014)
visitors this year: 1,817 The First World War, that began in 1914, put chemists to work. Their chemicals could harm as well as heal …...
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The Science Show on Cambridge 105
Cambridge scientists at work is from The Science Show on Cambridge 105 where maths, physics, chemistry and biology are put to use in ways they never told us about at school. We talk to scien...
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10 episodesscientist 68: the crop scientist – Julian Little & products for farming (2014)
visitors this year: 1,583 A podcast about the science of food crops. The growing world population leads to a demand to farm the land several...
scientist 67: the guitarist – guitar types & quality (2014)
visitors this year: 1,446 With many different types of guitars, we find out how much more is involved in the sound we get from various model...
scientist 66: the science journalist – report from the MRC LMB Cambridge (2014)
visitors this year: 1,396 Dr Chris Creese and Roger Frost tour the LMB-MRC open day exhibition and learn about body clocks and worms. Follow...
scientist 65: the cytologist – Melina Schuh oocytes and reproduction (2014)
visitors this year: 1,432 The topic is how we make the eggs that make our babies or in other words: meiosis in mammalian oocytes. Molecular...
scientist 64: the molecular biologist – Hugh Pelham at MRC LMB Cambridge (2014)
visitors this year: 1,719 The Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge is credited for landmark discoveries and cutting-edge techniques....
scientist 63: the molecular gastronomist – Peter Barham on gastronomy (2014)
visitors this year: 1,454 We talk with Peter Barham, a professor of ‘Molecular Gastronomy’ about what his delicious subject entails. He wrot...
scientist 62: the science writer – big questions in popular science (2013)
visitors this year: 1,296 The author of a riveting book called “The Big Questions in Science” explains how they researched How did life begi...
scientist 70: the biotechnologist – biosciences for Africa BFA (2014)
visitors this year: 1,340 A Cambridge project seeks to improve farming practices in Africa by sharing advances in biotechnology. They’re cal...
scientist 61: the grain business manager – Andrew Wingate wheat and flours (2014)
visitors this year: 1,360 CAMGRAIN is a farmer-owned central storage co-operative, set up 20 years ago to provide facilities for storing, an...