Things We Don’t Know

15th April, 2021

There’s still a whole herd of things we don’t know about bovine TB, its nature, spread and the effects of badger culling: could culling reduce it - or make it worse?

5th April, 2021

Nanorobot swarms are the stuff of sci-fi films, but smart dust is being developed now.

23rd March, 2021

The idea of competition between bacteria and fungi was not started by Alexander Fleming - and it's still being studied: as antimicrobial resistance.

10th March, 2021

How do we make chemicals? How can computer modelling help us with protein folding and what can we learn from the molecules of the past?

5th March, 2021

Geoengineering the climate would mean venturing into new technology with huge consequences. But what might those consequences be and is there an alternative solution to anthropogenic climate change?

25th February, 2021

The discovery of carbon nanotubes is indistinct, they were produced before their nano identity or properties were recognised.