Seventy scientists talked about their work on Cambridge 105 community radio. They tell how maths, physics, chemistry and biology are put to use in ways they never told us about at school. Our scientists worked in health, business and in University of Cambridge research. Do share to help drive STEM careers. Interviews by Roger Frost, Chris Creese and our not naked Science radio show team.
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 Bennett. There’s a ‘demonstration farm’ in Cambridge called the National...
Published 11/19/18
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 the author of two books about the First World War, Dr Michael Freemantle explains chemistry was the destructive force in the war but it also...
Published 11/11/18