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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: 19/05/2011

19/05/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, 19/05/2011

Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.

This week: smallpox, should it be destroyed? 150 years of the first colour photo and when will we know if we’ve found the Higg’s?

Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of the science in and behind the headlines.  This week Quentin asks if the remaining stocks of smallpox virus should be destroyed?  He celebrates 150 years of the colour photo and finds out when and if we will know if we’ve found the elusive Higgs Boson  particle.

The producer is Ania Lichtarowicz.

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