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07/12/2011
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Gareth Mitchell ask how near we are to achieving hypersonic flight.
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30/11/2011
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Available since Wed, 7 Dec 2011.
Geoff Watts explores the origins of depression and efforts to find new treatments.
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23/11/2011
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Available since Wed, 30 Nov 2011.
Antivirals. Kevin Fong looks at new techniques to cure all viral infections.
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16/11/2011
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Available since Wed, 23 Nov 2011.
Vivienne Parry explores the crucial role the hormone leptin plays in the body.
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09/11/2011
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Available since Wed, 16 Nov 2011.
Exploring Antarctica's subglacial lakes for new lifeforms and future sea level rise clues.
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02/11/2011
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Available since Wed, 9 Nov 2011.
Did CERN scientists really break the universal speed limit? Roland Pease investigates.
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Ageing and Telomeres
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Available since Wed, 13 Jul 2011.
Is there a test for how long you will live? Controversies in cutting edge ageing research.
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29/06/2011
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Available since Wed, 6 Jul 2011.
How a meteorite that landed on Earth 100 years ago is helping astronomers explore Mars.
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22/06/2011
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Available since Tue, 28 Jun 2011.
What's wrong with earthquake science? Roland Pease investigates.
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15/06/2011
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Available since Wed, 22 Jun 2011.
Roland Pease reports from Japan on the lessons learnt from the recent tsunami.
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08/06/2011
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Available since Wed, 15 Jun 2011.
Sue Broom meets the scientists using GM technology to control animal disease.
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Human microbes
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Available since Wed, 8 Jun 2011.
In a new series, Geoff Watts investigates the bacteria flourishing on our bodies.
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Epigenetics
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Available since Wed, 8 Dec 2010.
Do our children inherit the impact of our life experiences as well as our genes?
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The end of Moore's Law?
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Available since Wed, 1 Dec 2010.
Is it the end of the road for the computer revolution? Roland Pease investigates.
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Artificial Meat
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Available since Wed, 24 Nov 2010.
Would you eat artificial meat, grown in the lab? Geoff Watts investigates.
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Nanoparticles
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Available since Wed, 17 Nov 2010.
Richard Hollingham asks if legislation to control nanoparticles is adequate.
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After the Volcano
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Available since Wed, 10 Nov 2010.
Tracey Logan asks if scientists are ready for the next Icelandic volcanic eruption.
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Cancer Treatment
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Available since Wed, 3 Nov 2010.
Is a new personalised drug for skin cancer set to revolutionise cancer medicine?
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Graphene - the new wonder material
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Available since Wed, 25 Aug 2010.
Roland Pease reports on a new form of carbon that looks set to transform technology.
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Muscle Wastage
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Available since Wed, 18 Aug 2010.
Vivienne Parry reports on new research into tackling muscle wastage.
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Hydrogen for Transport
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Available since Wed, 11 Aug 2010.
Gareth Mitchell asks what happened to hydrogen cars.
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Future Vaccines
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Available since Wed, 4 Aug 2010.
Geoff Watts looks past failures and future hopes for vaccine development.
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Carbon Detectives
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Available since Wed, 28 Jul 2010.
Richard Hollingham meets the scientists trying to track our carbon emissions.
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Acts of Creation
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Available since Wed, 21 Jul 2010.
What will it mean to us once scientists are eventually able to recreate life from scratch?
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Earthquakes in Southeast Asia
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Available since Tue, 22 Dec 2009.
Roland Pease reports on the continuing threat of earthquakes in southeast Asia.
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DNA Analysis of Asylum Seekers
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Available since Mon, 14 Dec 2009.
Gerry Northam explores proposals to check asylum seekers' credentials using DNA analysis.
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GM Crops
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Available since Mon, 7 Dec 2009.
Is now the time right for Europe to allow widespread cultivation of GM crops?
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Population Growth and Global Warming
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Available since Mon, 30 Nov 2009.
Geoff Watts explores the relationship between global warming and a changing population.
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Dark Matter
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Available since Mon, 23 Nov 2009.
Sue Nelson joins scientists down a mine on their search for the elusive dark matter.
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The Placenta
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Available since Mon, 16 Nov 2009.
Sue Broom visits the UK's first specialist placenta clinic in Manchester.
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