Material World Episodes Episode guide
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Titan
Quentin Cooper joins scientists on a beach in search of clues about one of Saturn's moons.
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Mount Etna
Quentin Cooper joins Open University scientists on Mount Etna.
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Art and Perception - The Fruit Fly's Brain
Quentin Cooper and guests discuss the latest developments in the world of science.
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The Deep Carbon Cycle - Surname Genetics
Quentin Cooper explores important new research into the Deep Carbon Cycle.
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Wildlife Corridors - Perception, Sound and Light
Quentin Cooper explores research into the brain's integration of visual and audio cues.
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Biomimetic Optics - Invasive Tree Pests
Quentin Cooper hears how bio-mimetics is pointing the way to new optical materials.
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Stonehenge & Durrington Walls - Worms, Bonemeal & Green Rust
Quentin Cooper finds out about the latest clues to unlocking the mystery of Stonehenge.
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Speckled Bush Crickets
Quentin Cooper meets the scientists fascinated by the feats of speckled bush crickets.
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Designing Against Crime - Facial Recognition
Quentin Cooper hears how we recognise faces and how to design against crime.
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Lobster Hotels - Hair Biomarkers
Quentin Cooper looks at research using hair to find a person's biological markers.
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Volcanic Nanoparticles - Seawater Greenhouses
Quentin Cooper investigates the effects of volcanoes in the most unlikely areas.
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Forensic Science in Fact and Fiction - A Musical Memory Tour
Quentin Cooper reports from the British Association Science Festival in Liverpool.
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Captive Breeding - Polymer Electronics
Quentin Cooper explores the thin and flexible world of plastic electronic engineering.
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Tracking Traffic - Periodic Table of Videos
Quentin Cooper explores new ideas to reduce traffic chaos.
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Foam Water Cube - Gravity Satellite: GOCE
Quentin Cooper reports on a new satellite designed to map the Earth's gravitational field.
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The Cannabinoid System - Oil From Sand
Quentin Cooper investigates new methods of utilising heavy oil.
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Subglacial Lakes -
Quentin Cooper reports on attempts to explore lakes beneath the Antarctic ice sheet.
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The Secret Seeds of Clouds - 150 Years of Fingerprints
Quentin Cooper explores the origins of clouds and asks if pollution is making them worse.
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Life on Mars - Sports Drug Testing Science
Quentin Cooper explores the possibility of past or future life on Mars.
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The Art and Science of Science Fiction Writing - Medieval Mosaic Preservation
Diana Edwards and Quentin Cooper discuss restoration in Venice's Basilica di San Marco.
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Metabolomics - Ocean Acidification
Quentin Cooper is joined by Julian Griffin to discuss the potential of metabolomics.
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Bee Declines - Tungunska Fireball
Quentin Cooper investigates the huge fireball that exploded in June 1908 in Siberia.
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Parasite Adaptation - Fire Safety Engineering
Quentin Cooper explores the latest research into the sexual habits of the malaria parasite
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The Baby - Wonderland
Quentin Cooper celebrates the 60th anniversary of the modern computer.
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Seaweed and Iodine - Kamchatka Forest
Quentin Cooper looks at the iodine content of seaweed and its connection to local weather.
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Telescope - Randomness
Quentin Cooper looks at materials that can map decay in a child's teeth.
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Science Vs the Rest of the World
Quentin Cooper talks to scientists at the Hay Literary Festival.
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Predicting Natural Disasters - Forensic Engineering
Quentin Cooper reports on ingenious new techniques in the fight against crime.
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Severn Barrage - Skeletons and TB
Quentin Cooper follows research into how the TB bacterium has evolved over the centuries.
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Tissue Engineering - Swarm Intelligence
Quentin Cooper explores how human tissues are being grown by using man made 'scaffolds'.
