Naked Scientists NewsFLASH

Naked Scientists NewsFLASH episodes:

• 12.17.2012

  Engineering a Biological Pacemaker - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 17.12.12

  In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we find out how gene therapy can engineer a biological pacemaker, and discover the surprisingly simple solution to Box Jellyfish stings. Plus, remnants of 7000 year old cheese and solving the mystery of ultra-luminous...

  
• 12.10.2012

  Heath Benefits of Bearing Babies - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 10.12.12

  In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we hear how parenthood can extend your lifespan and discover the genetic recipe for a red blood cell. Plus, repairing damaged hearts with micro RNA, and a new way to share scientific information...

  
• 12.03.2012

  Icy Life and Slimy Fibres - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 03.12.12

  In this NewsFlash, we find out how the Grand Canyon may be older than we thought, why hagfish can provide future fibres and we discover the icy ecosystem in an Antarctic lake...

  
• 11.26.2012

  3D Printing Replacement Cartilage - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 26.11.12

  In this week's Naked Scientists NewsFlash we find out why general health checks are generally unhelpful, how nanotech can make steam from sunlight and the discovery of "white noise" for your nose. Plus, how a new technique can...

  
• 11.19.2012

  A DNA Detective Story - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 19.11.12

  In this NewsFlash, how DNA sequencing identified an unsuspecting carrier of MRSA, why light at night makes mice depressed and a lonely rogue planet. Plus, a potential gene therapy cure for epilepsy...

  
• 11.12.2012

  What is Ash Dieback? - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 12.11.12

  In this NewsFlash - Ancient Arrowheads in Africa, a working lung-on-a-chip disease model and the disease attacking european Ash trees...

  
• 11.05.2012

  Chatty Elephants and Cancer News - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 05.11.12

  Can Koshik the elephant speak Korean? How have fireflies inspired better LEDs? How can medical tape be made less dangerous? Find out in this Naked Scientists' NewsFlash! Plus, a new technique to watch cancer cells spreading, and the...

  
• 10.29.2012

  Bacterial Cocktail Sees Off C. Diff - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 29.10.12

  In this week's Naked Scientists NewsFlash, how 3-parent IVF can correct mitochondrial faults, why dung beetles stand on their balls and a bacterial cocktail to see off C. diff.

  
• 10.21.2012

  Flashy Fish and A Vaccine for Herpes - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 22.10.12

  In this NewsFlash, how fish defy the laws of physics, a new vaccine strategy against herpes, and how the brain responds to hunger. Plus, the affect of pesticides on bees, a roundup of science headlines and we chat to...

  
• 09.30.2012

  Long Lived Eunuchs and DNA in Mum's Brain - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 01.10.12

  In this NewsFlash, we hear why Eunuchs live longer lives and how a laundry detergent additive could convert clothes into pollution busting air filters. Plus, finding foetal DNA in a mother's brain and the neurological basis for positive bias.

  
• 09.23.2012

  Contamination from Curiosity and Beating Bad Memories - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 24.09.12

  In this NewsFlash, how to take the fear out of a bad memory, why Curiosity may contaminate Mars and an IgNobel Prize for the physics of ponytails, or Hairodynamics...

  
• 09.16.2012

  The Brightest Object in Nature and Facebook at the Polls - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 17.09.12

  What is the brightest object in nature? In this NewsFlash, we discover how an African fruit outshines the competition. Plus, stem cells restore hearing to deaf gerbils, how facebook alters voting behaviour, and why so many supernovae are...

  
• 09.09.2012

  Wheelchair Basketball, Earliest Arctic Settlements, the 'Other' BSA - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 10.09.12

  In this NewsFlash, we look at improving wheelchair design for paralympic wheelchair basketball players, the link between movement and the perception of time, and uncovering the earliest Arctic settlements. Plus, we go to the 'other' BSA, the British Society of...

  
• 08.12.2012

  Early Lumberjacks, Local Dark Matter & Heart Repair - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 13.08.12

  In this NewsFlash, we explore evidence for the earliest lumberjacks, discover the dark matter lurking in our location, and find out how a nano-scaffold can help repair a broken heart. Plus, an electrical trick to stop a seizure in...

  
• 08.05.2012

  Black Holes and Purring Elephants - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 06.08.12

  In this NewsFlash, we uncover the violent history of hot Jupiters and shed light on Black Holes. Plus, we ask if Elephants can purr, find out why females live longer, and discover the robot with a tail!

  
• 07.15.2012

  Lying Eyes and Silky Chemical Cocoons - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 16.07.12

  Do your eyes give you away when you lie? In this NewsFlash, we'll explore the evidence for the idea that gaze direction can be used to spot a falsehood, as well as discover the dark, starless galaxies of the...

  
• 07.08.2012

  Busting Blood Clots with Nanotechnology - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 09.07.12

  In this NewsFlash, we hear how a breath of bicarbonate might cut infections related to Cystic Fibrosis, discover a nano-technological solution to dangerous blood clots, and examine the astronomical mystery of the disappearing dust cloud. Plus, a new way...

  
• 07.01.2012

  Warm-Blooded Dinosaurs and Locked-In Communication - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 02.07.12

  How can you communicate when you can't move a muscle? In this NewsFlash, we discover a new way to communicate with patients suffering "locked in" syndrome, ask if one heart attack begets another, and examine the evidence for warm-blooded...

  
• 06.25.2012

  Raindrop Traps and Microbes for Immunity - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 25.06.12

  This week, how microbes make for a healthy immune system, how pitcher plants use raindrops to trap their prey and a new way to block degenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease. Plus, we go online to identify the most influential...

  
• 06.17.2012

  New Veins and Voyager's New Frontiers - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 18.06.12

  In this NewsFlash, we wave goodbye to Voyager as it leaves the solar system, and say hello to the first replacement vein engineered from a patient's own stem cells. Plus, evidence that the western Amazon basin has always been...

  
• 06.11.2012

  Mapping Seasonal Malaria - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 11.06.12

  This week, how a fetal genome can be sequenced before birth, how pregnant women protect their babies from immune attack and how rainfall can be used to map seasonal Malaria and improve drug treatment programmes. We also hear how stems...

  
• 05.28.2012

  The Tastiest Tomato - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 28.05.12

  What makes a perfect tomato? In this NewsFlash, we discover the compounds that comprise the tastiest tomato, and why modern agriculture is getting it wrong. We'll also hear why working shifts can alter fertility, and how to store...

  
• 05.20.2012

  Ancient Microbes, Brain Interfaces and Satellite Rescue - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 21.05.12

  In this NewsFlash, the deep-sea dwelling bacteria that are still eating a meal that dates from the times of the dinosaurs, a new system for saving satellites and how a brain interface device can allow paralysis patients to control robotic...

  
• 05.14.2012

  Plant-Insect Tagteams and Boosting Fat for Weight Control - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 14.05.12

  This week we hear how ants and plants are combining forces to help each other survive, how monkeys are cheekily planning for their future and how boosting brown fat in the body can help control our weight. We also investigate...

  
• 04.29.2012

  Farming, Flying and Inflamed Hearts - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 30.04.12

  In this NewsFlash, we hear how farming migrated across Europe, how distant supernovae affect diversity of life on Earth, and the role of DNA and inflammation in heart failure. Plus, we home in on the parts of the pigeon...

  
• 04.22.2012

  Hearts, Minds and RFID Tags - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 23.04.12

  Cells grafted into the eye restore sight to blind mice, three genes can convert scar tissue back into beating cardiac muscle following a heart attack and electrical stimulation that returns movement to limbs paralysed by spinal injury. Plus nanoparticles to...

  
• 04.15.2012

  Conversations over Cocktails and the Pidgeon's Magnetic Myth - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 16.04.12

  How can we hear a conversation in a noisy room? In this NewsFlash, we find out how a robot can tell us how moving your head alters the way the brain interprets sound, and we discover the epigenetic signature...

  
• 04.02.2012

  A Thinking Cap for Problem Solving - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 02.04.12

  This week, we find out how our brains can be stimulated to think outside the box when solving problems, how ancient raindrops can provide insight into our early atmosphere and how spacecraft could be soon be launched by a pint-sized...

  
• 03.26.2012

  Blood Tests to Predict Heart Attacks - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 26.03.12

  In this week's NewsFlash, we find out how blood tests could predict an imminent heart attack, investigate what the Mercury Messenger probe has revealed about the planets environment one year on from its launch, discuss how sewers can provide insight...

  
• 03.19.2012

  Why Sight Suffers in Space - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 19.03.12

  In this NewsFlash, we find out why some astronauts' sight suffers in space, explore the pressure for better prostate cancer screening and discover that nanoparticles may turn bacteria into superbugs! Plus, how your gut learns to tell food from...

  
• 03.12.2012

  The 5-a-Day Yellow Glow! - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 12.03.12

  Can a healthy diet change your skin colour? In this week's NewsFlash, we hear how getting your 5 portions of fruit and veg each day can make you noticeably more yellow! Plus, how gut bugs make you grow...

  
• 03.05.2012

  Can we Trust the Upper Classes? - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 05.03.12

  Astronomers have discovered evidence for life in the universe - but only down here on Earth. In this NewsFlash, we'll find out how light from Earth bounced off the Moon could pave the way to look for life...

  
• 02.27.2012

  Resurrected Plants & Nutrition in the Womb - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 27.02.12

  In this newsflash, we discover the micro MRI machine that can probe individual atoms, find out why brain training computer games may help sufferers of schizophrenia, and how Russian researchers have resurrected a 30,000 year old plant. Plus, how...

  
• 02.20.2012

  Massive and Minute Computers - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 20.02.12

  In this NewsFlash, we boot up computers at the smallest and the largest scales. We'll find out how the newly upgraded HECToR (High End Computing Terascale Resource) helps science & research, and why the new, pocket size & wallet...

  
• 02.13.2012

  Disguising Cancer as Salmonella - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 13.02.12

  In this NewsFlash, we'll hear how disguising cancer cells as salmonella could hold the key to producing anti-cancer vaccines, explore a link between the Y-chromosome and heart disease, and discover a new drug that can knock the cause of Alzheimer's...

  
• 02.06.2012

  Untangling the Spread of Alzheimer's - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 06.02.12

  In this NewsFlash - we find out how regions of the brain may "catch" Alzheimer's from each other, discover a new microscopy technique that can open a window on the brain in action and talk to the Australian ecologist who...

  
• 01.30.2012

  Stem Cells & Self Distilling Vodka - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 30.01.12

  In this NewsFlash, how induced stem cells help us to understand Alzheimer's disease, while embryonic stem cells can help restore patients' sight. Plus, why a graphene oxide filter can make self distilling vodka, how magic mushrooms affect the brain,...

  
• 01.23.2012

  Biofuels from Beneath the Waves - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 23.01.12

  In this NewsFlash we hear how modified e.coli could make seaweed a source for biofuels, find out why losing sleep can help to reduce bad memories, and how an important step in the evolution of life on Earth could have...

  
• 01.16.2012

  The Problem with Potentially Pandemic H5N1 - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 16.01.12

  In this NewsFlash, we discuss the scientific research that can't be published - a "recipe" for an H5N1 flu virus with pandemic potential that has scientists and governments concerned about biosecurity and terrorism. Plus, the deepest deep sea vents...

  
• 01.09.2012

  Sounds like a Stradivarius? - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 09.01.12

  In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we hear about the new spacecraft in orbit around the moon, an implant that can generate electricity inside the body of a cockroach and the scientific way to sound out a Stradivarius. Plus, a...

  
• 12.19.2011

  The Trillion Frame Per Second Camera - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 19.12.11

  In this NewsFlash, we hear how the reality of Finding Nemo might be Not Finding Nemo, as a new survey looks at just how endangered the species in Disney's film are, and we discover the trillion frame per second camera...

  
• 12.12.2011

  Cots for Cavemen and Cabbie's Crania - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 12.12.11

  In this NewsFlash, how cancer cells spread to new areas, the discovery that ancient man built anti-insect beds, and ways to reduce your cancer risk. Plus, how a taxi driver's brain change as they acquire the knowledge...

  
• 12.05.2011

  Hydrogen, HIV and Photographic Trickery - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 05.12.11

  In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, we hear how the Voyager missions can now detect radiation given out by the birth of stars, discover a new vaccine for HIV that can completely block infection in experimental animals, and explore the computer...

  
• 11.29.2011

  Nerve Transplants and the Safety of Statins - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 28.11.11

  This week, we learn how nerve cells can be transplanted to correct metabolic disorder, investigate the long terms safety of statins in the fight against heart disease and find the coldest point water can reach whilst remaining a...

  
• 11.21.2011

  Neutrinos and Nutrition - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 21.11.11

  Neutrinos, Neuroscientists and Nutrition fill up this week's Naked Scientists NewsFlash! We'll hear how repeated experiments bear out the idea that neutrinos may travel faster than light, find out why thousands of neuroscientists have decended on Washington DC, and...

  
• 11.14.2011

  Chemical Liposuction and Tracking the Flu - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 14.11.11

  In this Naked Scientists NewsFlash, a new fat-busting injectible that selectively destroys adipose, evidence that only single strains of HIV are transmitted between partners and the discovery of two pristine primordial gas clouds produced by the Big...

  
• 11.07.2011

  Repairing Nerves and Roaring Lions - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 07.11.11

  In this NewsFlash, we get the latest from the National Cancer Research Institute's conference in Liverpool, find out why removing genes can help repair neurons, and why clearing out old cells can help reduce diseases of old age. Plus,...

  
• 10.31.2011

  News from the BSGT/ESGCT Conference - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 31.10.11

  This NewsFlash comes from the British Society for Gene Therapy and European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy Conference in Brighton. We hear how cancers, retinal degeneration, spinal cord injury and liver disease can all be targeted using gene...

  
• 10.24.2011

  Sea Sick Corals and Chronic Fatigue - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 24.10.11

  This week we hear how seaweed is making coral sea-sick, how anti-virals could be used to treat Alzheimers disease, get new insight into the cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and discover the possibility of water on another Solar System....

  
• 10.16.2011

  Protein, Plague and Playing Nicely With Others - Naked Scientists NewsFLASH - 17.10.11

  In this NewsFlash, why a high protein diet stops you from snacking, the protein "restraining order" for gut bugs, and how Plague hasn't changed in 600 years. Plus, we discover the DNA scalpel technique that can repair single mutations...