Pythagoras Trousers: Photovoltaic cell

This podcast originally appeared on Pythagoras Trousers episode 97 on November 15th 2012. This is an interview with PhD student Christopher Emmott about his research on different types of photovoltaic cell. Transcript: On October 22nd, Hurricane Sandy started developing from…

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Pythagoras Trousers: Anaesthetics and sleep

This podcast originally appeared on Pythagoras Trousers episode 93 on October 18th 2012 Transcript: Many scientists spend their lives trying to uncover how things work. But some things are more difficult to understand than others; one of these is the…

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In conversation with Bill Bryson

It's not often that I am in the company of those who have written best-selling books about science, history, travelling and world culture. They are very rare people. But last week, during the British Science Festival in Aberdeen, I had…

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GraphExeter

This podcast originally appeared on Pythagoras Trousers episode 81 on May 21st 2012.   This is an interview with Dr. Saverio Russo from Exeter University's Centre for Graphene Science about his work on GraphExeter, a modified form of Graphene. Since 2010, when…

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Pythagoras Trousers: Leap second

This podcast originally appeared on Pythagoras Trousers episode 73 on March 26th 2012.   This is an interview with Dr. Peter Whibberley from the National Physics Laboratory, and went out on March 26th 2012. Earlier on in the year the International Telecommunication…

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Pythagoras Trousers: 23 Degrees

This podcast first appeared on Pythagoras Trousers episode 55 on november 21st 2011   This is an interview with Dr. Helen Czerski on the BBC television program 23 Degrees. At the time of the interview the show was still being filmed.…

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