Extract 1 of 4 from the Imperial College Podcast 1 March 2011
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Gareth Mitchell, Colin Smith and Laura Gallagher discuss the recent news from around Imperial, including the researchers who put Rapunzel to the test for Blue Peter and the mathematicians creating their own version of the periodic table
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