Presented by Paddy Feeny Heat 1
LANARK: investigating why balloons deflate. WORCESTER: probing the life cycle of a tiny worm, the nematode. NEWCASTLE: developing the crop-sprayer of the future.-
Which team will go forward to the Final to challenge for the Royal Institution Trophy and the title Young Scientists of the Year 1978? That decision rests with the judges:
Sir George Porter , chemist Professor Aubrey Manning zoologist
Heinz Wolff , bio-engineer.
Studio director JOHN GORMAN Producer PETER BRUCE *