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The Science Show as broadcast on Cambridge 105

Ensuring quality wheat – CAMGRAIN 105science

visitors this year: 78 This podcast is about what happens when wheat leaves the farm. We take up the story after the August crop harvest and speak with Dr Andrew Wingate who tells how CAMGRAIN deliver quality...

Bioengineering research in Cambridge – 105science

visitors this year: 42 Dr Michelle Oyen is a Reader in bioengineering at the University of Cambridge. Dy Oyen explains how materials science can be put to use in medicine where there’s a need to create surgical...

Exploring and modelling the atmosphere – 105science

visitors this year: 70 At the Centre for Atmospheric Science in Cambridge University we speak to Professor John Pyle about modelling the lower atmosphere using supercomputers. See www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk Dr Ingrid Cnossen is an earth scientist who works for...

Reducing heat loss from houses -105science

visitors this year: 51 A scientific look at ways to reduce our use of energy in the home while still staying warm! We’ll meet a building scientist and ask how does a house lose...

The big questions in science – 105science

visitors this year: 66 Answers to the most intriguing questions in science today. The author of a riveting book called “The Big Questions in Science” explains how they researched How did life begin? Why...

The science of archaeology – 105science

visitors this year: 56 Dr John Creese tells about the science of archaeology and the investigative techniques they use. Dr Creese is a researcher at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Website: www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/. Interviewer...

Drug discovery special – 105science

visitors this year: 44 DifiniGEN is a new Cambridge University spin-off company who have a process for growing human liver cells. CEO Dr Marcus Yeo explains how their cells are used by pharmaceutical companies, to test if...

Modelling chemistry of the atmosphere – 105science

visitors this year: 27 See here for the interview scientist 34: the atmospheric scientist – John Pyle & atmospheric ozone (2012) Missing show, but the interview is above. We visit the Centre for Atmospheric...