The Science Show on Cambridge 105 is maths, physics, chemistry and biology put to use in ways they never told us about at school. We review science in the news and at work and especially when it happens around people in Cambridge. Every other week on a Wednesday.
scientist 69: the science author – Michael Freemantle says WW1 was the chemists war (2014)
visitors this year: 289 The First World War, that began in 1914, put chemists to work. Their chemicals could harm as well as heal … but on balance the outcome was … horrific. As...
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11/11/2018 • 26 minutes, 26 seconds
scientist 68: the crop scientist – Julian Little & products for farming (2014)
visitors this year: 203 This podcast concerns the science of food crops. The growing world population leads to a demand to farm the land several times more effectively than we used to. But growing...
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8/14/2018 • 21 minutes, 48 seconds
scientist 67: the guitarist – guitar types & quality (2014)
visitors this year: 211 With many different types of guitars, we find out how much more is involved in the sound we get from various models, and whether or not this impacts on the...
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8/7/2018 • 24 minutes, 18 seconds
scientist 66: the science journalist – report from the MRC LMB Cambridge (2014)
visitors this year: 208 Dr Chris Creese and Roger Frost tour the LMB-MRC open day exhibition and learn about body clocks and worms. Follow-up link Read more at Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
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8/6/2018 • 10 minutes, 4 seconds
scientist 65: the cytologist – Melina Schuh oocytes and reproduction (2014)
visitors this year: 199 The topic is meiosis in mammalian oocytes, or how we make the eggs that make our babies. Molecular biology research happens at the Medical Research Council lab of Molecular Biology...
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8/5/2018 • 12 minutes, 29 seconds
scientist 64: the molecular biologist – Hugh Pelham at MRC LMB Cambridge (2014)
visitors this year: 252 The Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge is credited for landmark discoveries and cutting-edge techniques. This podcast offers an overview of what the LMB do. On the occasion of the Medical Research Council centenary,...
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8/4/2018 • 8 minutes, 50 seconds
scientist 63: the molecular gastronomist – Peter Barham on gastronomy (2014)
visitors this year: 209 We talk with Peter Barham, a professor of ‘Molecular Gastronomy’ about what his delicious subject entails. He wrote the book “The Science of Cooking”. His idea is that “a kitchen...
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8/3/2018 • 14 minutes, 42 seconds
scientist 62: the science writer – big questions in popular science (2013)
visitors this year: 198 The author of a riveting book called “The Big Questions in Science” explains how they researched How did life begin? Why do we dream? And when can I have a...
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8/2/2018 • 27 minutes, 32 seconds
scientist 70: the biotechnologist – biosciences for Africa BFA (2014)
visitors this year: 201 A Cambridge project seeks to improve farming practices in Africa by sharing advances in biotechnology. They’re called Biosciences for Farming in Africa (www.b4fa.org). Chris Creese meets one of their founders Dr David...
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8/1/2018 • 11 minutes, 44 seconds
scientist 61: the grain business manager – Andrew Wingate wheat and flours (2014)
visitors this year: 204 CAMGRAIN is a farmer-owned central storage co-operative, set up 20 years ago to provide facilities for storing, analysing, cleaning and distributing grain to the food industry such as those who...
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