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Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines

Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines. Each week, scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects

Material World: 05/08/2010

05/08/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, 05/08/2010

Quentin Cooper dissects the latest science.

Quentin Cooper discusses the latest on the oil spill in the gulf of Mexico, proteins that can function without water, and revisits the Radio 4 Snail Experiment.

Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and behind the headlines. This week we're back discussing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and how the leaking well will be permanently sealed. Quentin finds out how proteins can function without water and the science of snails - do they have a homing instinct? 

The producer is Ania Lichtarowicz.

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