Short Science Podcast 043

Welcome to the forty-third episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Join Elizabeth for all the very best science in brief.

We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:

- Planck spies star dust

- students to test out Mephadrone

- dolphins stressed by human swimmers

- seaweed to conquer obesity

In this innovation special, we start off by talking to inventor Ryan Kerstein about disposable tourniquet, the Tournistrip. We chat to Tony Hickson of Imperial Innovations about how to develop and idea and hopefully get it to market. And pioneer of single incision laparoscopy, Mr Barry Paraskeva, tells us about his work.

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabulous eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or at any time for the listen again links!

Short Science Podcast 042

Welcome to the forty-second episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Join Elizabeth and Emma for all the very best science in brief.

We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:

- octopuses don't have personality

- fluctuating blood pressure now high risk

- plastic as a heat conductor

- take the pill to live longer

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at microscopes as a form of scientific imaging.

We hear Katriona Kerr of Primal Pictures, who tells us about the latest developments in graphic modelling of human anatomy.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at how we use imaging to see inside the human body.

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabuluos eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or at any time for the listen again links!

Short Science Podcast 041

Welcome to the forty-first episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Join Elizabeth and Emma for all the very best science in brief.

We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:

- chameleons who eat in the cold

- brain washout to help premature babies

- molecule that could have helped life get started

- gadget cure for migraines

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at

notable cases of scientific innovation.

We hear from lens-free ophthalmoscope inventor, retired surgeon Mr Roger Armour.


Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at laparoscopic surgery.



Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!



If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabuluos eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or at any time for the listen again links!

Short Science Podcast 040

Welcome to the fortieth episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Join Elizabeth and Emma for all the very best science in brief.

We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:

- being eaten or killed by a landslide - a lose-lose situation

- cutting off your arm to spite your heart

- volcanic activity more likely in aftermath of Chile earthquake

- take pain more seriously

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at the causes and mechanics of landslides.

We hear the diagnosis and treatment of laryngeal cancer from Barrie Leyshon, Ricard Simo and Claire Twinn.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at the concepts of 'exposure' and 'shock'.

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabuluos eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or at any time for the listen again links!

Short Science Podcast 038

Welcome to the thirty-eighth episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Join Elizabeth for all the very best science in brief.

We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:

- could we use human movement to generate power

- Alzheimer's gene may make you smarter

- moon dust obscuring mirrors

- anti-wrinkle cream actually does what it says on the tin

We kick off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at suicidal behaviour in the animal kingdom.

Roving reporter Chrissie Douglass talks to Professor Steve Fuller, reknowned sociologist in the field of science.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at suicide in the UK and beyond.

And for a bit of light relief after all our mighty serious science, we have the quiz, and your science pub-quiz trivia to take a crack at!

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabuluos eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or check out www.icradio.com/shortscience for the listen again links!

Short Science Podcast 039

Welcome to the thirty-ninth episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Join Elizabeth and Emma for all the very best science in brief.

We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:

- pluto changing colour

- sperm putting the moves on the egg

- winds carry migratory insects

- smoking, passive smoking and now third hand smoking

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at the contributions of Marie-Anne Pierette Paulze, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and Jane Goodall to science.

We hear about the 100 Women 100 Visions exhibition from Ellin Saunders, Sissie Wong and Professor Lesley Cohen.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at some mighty women of medicine - Marie Curie, Elizabeth Blackwell and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabuluos eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or check out www.icradio.com/shortscience for the listen again links!

Short Science Podcast 037

Welcome to the thirty-seventh episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Join Elizabeth and Emma for all the very best science in brief.

We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:

- Iran launches animals into space

- simple headache pill could save earthquake victims

- spidey-material could be smart-material

- drink to your bone health with beer

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at the use of animals in scientific investigation.

Flaminia Catteruccia, David Rogers and Francesco Baldini tell us more about their work on mosquito reproduction and how it might help in the fight against malaria.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at the use of animals in medical research.

And for a bit of light relief after all our mighty serious science, we have the quiz, and your science pub-quiz trivia to take a crack at!

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabuluos eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or check out www.icradio.com/shortscience for the listen again links!