Inventor of rare versatility, whose projects ranged from a wave power device to the first AI robot
John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino honoured for development that sparked portable technology revolution
John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino made laureates for development that sparked portable technology revolution
Eleven holders of prestigious prize say excessive consumption threatening planet, and humans need to live more sustainably
The new head of the EU Commission is being challenged over whether to continue with the post of EU Chief Scientific Adviser. Doug Parr explains why.
Alice Bell: A new pro-nuclear film aims to build a pro-nuclear green movement. It needs to stop obfuscating with science, but use it to invite deeper engagement instead
Alice Bell: New pro-nuclear film aims to build a pro-nuclear green movement. It needs to stop obfuscating with science, but use it to invite deeper engagement instead.
Distinguished electrochemist whose claims for cold fusion have yet to find widespread acceptanceAccounts of the cold fusion claims of the Czech-born electrochemist Martin Fleischmann, who has died aged 85, and his American-French...
Alison Smith from the University of Cambridge joins us to discuss what single-celled organisms can do to cure our addiction to oil. Oh, and perhaps help make vitamins and pharmaceuticals too.
Was Fossil Ida all hype? This 47-million-year-old skeleton was certainly beautiful but was it really the missing link? In the studio, James Randerson, Ian Sample and Nature magazine's Adam Rutherford joins Alok Jha to take...
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