Stephen Kay of the Cambridge Water Company talks to Nicola Terry on how the city is supplied with water. We learn about our underground source of water and an intriguing range of pipes. We also hear about a lovely ‘Dry Garden’, containing not-so thirsty plants, which CW established at Cambridge University Botanical gardens.

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Tags: water supply, bore hole, lead pipe, Cambridge Water, Cambridge University Botanical gardens, Nicola Terry, cambridge-water.co.uk

The Science Show’s Chris Creese looks at the science behind travel health advice and offers tips on sun cream and more.

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Tags: immunisation, holiday, sun cream, factor, ultaviolet, travel advice

Roger Frost meets Tony Peloe from Cambridge firm, Delta-T, who supply plant and environment monitoring equipment to plant growers and researchers.

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Tagged biology, Nicola Terry, physics, technology, data logger, data logging, pyranometer, soil humidity, Delta-T,

Roger Frost 19/02/12

With water shortages and hosepipe bans in summer, Nicola talks to plant scientist Dr Helen Holmes about the importance of water and how plants respond to a lack of it. Helen is based at the University of Cambridge Department of Science and works on projects with Rothamstead Research in Hertfordshire.

Tagged biology, plant, stress, water uptake,Rothamstead, Nicola Terry, Helen Holmes

24/03/2012

Chocolatier Cheryl Brighty of Artistry in Cocoa, tells Nicola Terry how chocolate is made from a cocoa pod. Cheryl works at Artistry in cocoa www.artistryincocoa.co.uk

Tagged biology, making chocolate, cocoa, chemistry, Nicola Terry

19/05/2012

Roger Frost visits the British Antarctic Survey HQ at Madingley. We hear from scientist Dr Alastair Graham about the work of BAS and about the life around hydrothermal vents.

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Tagged biology,hydrothermal vents,British Antarctic Survey,BAS, Antarctic, crabs, Alastair Graham

Roger Frost 10/03/12

Nicola Terry hitches a ride on the Heatseekers vehicle in Cambridge as speaks with Dawn Morley.  Dawn explains how their infra red camera is able to see where a house loses its heat. They take their infra red camera on the streets and use it to measure the temperature of the outside walls of a house and see which walls and windows waste heat.

Tagged home energy, Nicola Terry, physics, Heat Seekers, Dawn Morley, infra red camera,infrared, camera

10/03/12

Roger Frost visits a super-insulated city home that minimises its use of energy and has a garden for insulation on the roof. He talks to architect Jeremy Ashworth about the ways that his building saves energy.

Tagged home energy, physics, architect, openecohomes, ecohomes, cambridgecarbonfootprint,Cambridge Carbon Footprint, cambridge

05/05/2012

Stuart Dye from Granta Design in Cambridge explains how the company help engineers choose materials to make a product.

Tagged engineering, chemistry, materials, choosing, physics, Granta Design, Cambridge, Nicola Terry, Stuart Dye

22/01/2012

Science Show reporter Nicola Terry asked a local environmental scientist Dr Ray Galvin to tell us about houses and heat loss. He offers a scientific look at ways to reduce our use of energy in the home. He also suggests that we might look at dehumidifiers and heat pumps to reduce our energy bill.