24 episodes

From robot surgery to nation-wide hunts for stripy snails via Michael Faraday, The Open University's new podcast series caters to all tastes.

Take-Away Science is about anything and everything interesting in science.

Featuring interviews with practising scientists at the cutting edge of research, television science presenters and students starting out on their degrees, the OU Science Faculty bring their unique perspective on science today to you with each episode. Each interview is recorded by OU staff and the podcast is hosted by Rough Science's Dr Mike Bullivant.

These podcasts are brought to you by The Open University's BLAST! project: http://blast.open.ac.uk

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From robot surgery to nation-wide hunts for stripy snails via Michael Faraday, The Open University's new podcast series caters to all tastes.

Take-Away Science is about anything and everything interesting in science.

Featuring interviews with practising scientists at the cutting edge of research, television science presenters and students starting out on their degrees, the OU Science Faculty bring their unique perspective on science today to you with each episode. Each interview is recorded by OU staff and the podcast is hosted by Rough Science's Dr Mike Bullivant.

These podcasts are brought to you by The Open University's BLAST! project: http://blast.open.ac.uk

    Take away Science

    Take away Science

    A short introduction to this album.

    • 58 sec
    Transcript -- Take away Science

    Transcript -- Take away Science

    A short introduction to this album.

    Research Stories

    Research Stories

    In this podcast we find out about fascinating research projects throughout the UK. Patricia Ragazzon chats to researchers from the University of Nottingham about innovations in nanotubes and David Smith finds out about how we might be able to grow a cure for malaria. We also talk to David Gamblin, an Associate Lecturer, about what he enjoys about working for the OU. The interviews are recorded by OU staff and the programme is hosted by Dr Mike Bullivant, also from the OU/BBC television series Rough Science.

    • 20 min
    Transcript -- Research Stories

    Transcript -- Research Stories

    In this podcast we find out about fascinating research projects throughout the UK. Patricia Ragazzon chats to researchers from the University of Nottingham about innovations in nanotubes and David Smith finds out about how we might be able to grow a cure for malaria. We also talk to David Gamblin, an Associate Lecturer, about what he enjoys about working for the OU. The interviews are recorded by OU staff and the programme is hosted by Dr Mike Bullivant, also from the OU/BBC television series Rough Science.

    It's Elementary: A Chemist's View

    It's Elementary: A Chemist's View

    This podcast explores life at The Open University's Department of Chemistry and Analytical Sciences. We meet Dr Sotiris Missalidis, whose research into chemistry has contributed to one of our new courses. We chat to Ian Baines, a OU student currently studying chemistry and catch up with Professor Peter Taylor to talk about his work in broadcas ting and science. The interviews are recorded by OU staff and the programme is hosted by Dr Mike Bullivant, also from the OU/BBC television series Rough Science.

    • 16 min
    Transcript -- It's Elementary: A Chemist's View

    Transcript -- It's Elementary: A Chemist's View

    This podcast explores life at The Open University's Department of Chemistry and Analytical Sciences. We meet Dr Sotiris Missalidis, whose research into chemistry has contributed to one of our new courses. We chat to Ian Baines, a OU student currently studying chemistry and catch up with Professor Peter Taylor to talk about his work in broadcas ting and science. The interviews are recorded by OU staff and the programme is hosted by Dr Mike Bullivant, also from the OU/BBC television series Rough Science.

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