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THE MATERIAL WORLD
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Quentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects.
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"For me science isn't a subject, it's a perspective. There are fascinating scientific aspects to everything from ancient history to the latest gadgets, outer space to interior decorating; and each week on The Material World we try to reflect the excitement, ideas, uncertainties, collisions and collaborations as science continues its never-ending voyage into the unknown".
Quentin Cooper |
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A Bombadier Beetle
(credit: Andy McIntosh) |
The Bombardier Beetle
The Bombardier Beetle has the amazing ability to spray its predators with a toxic blast of steam.
Its extraordinary powers of defence have nowÌýinspired a new generation of technology.
Quentin Cooper talks to Andy McIntosh, Professor of Thermodynamics and Combustion at the University of Leeds and Richard Walker from Quintiles about how its rear end has helped develop new fuel injection systems, fire extinguishers, new types of nebuliser and even needle free injections.
Ionic Liquids
When is a liquid not a liquid? When it’s a salt. Why a new generation of solvents could revolutionize chemistry.
Ionic liquids are being used to purify drugs, clean up industrial waste, extract metals and make bio diesel more engine friendly.
Are ionic liquids heralding a new era of green chemistry?
Quentin is joined by Tom Welton from Imperial College London and Andy Abbott from Leicester University to find out.Ìý
NEXT WEEK:ÌýÌýÌýAre we heading for global fish stock extinction? |
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RadioÌý4 - Frontiers: Ionic Liquids
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