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Experts on Camera

Experts on Camera Queen Mary University of London

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Experts on Camera

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    A chemical in vegetables protects against heart disease - Professor Amrita Ahluwalia

    A chemical in vegetables protects against heart disease - Professor Amrita Ahluwalia

    Professor of Vascular Pharmacology, Amrita Ahluwalia, has discovered a way to give people nitric oxide, commonly found in vegetables like beetroot, in order to help prevent heart disease and lessen the impacts of heart attacks.

    • 1 min.
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    Assessing the data on badger culls and bovine tuberculosis - Professor Matthew Evans

    Assessing the data on badger culls and bovine tuberculosis - Professor Matthew Evans

    Professor Matthew Evans, Head of the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences and a Professor of Ecology, explains his work modelling the impacts of badger culling on the spread of Bovine Tuberculosis.

    • 1 min.
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    Sustainable materials: Making fuel cells from food waste - Professor Magdalena Titirici

    Sustainable materials: Making fuel cells from food waste - Professor Magdalena Titirici

    Professor Magda Titirici and her team use food waste to produce carbon products. Most recently they have developed a catalyst for fuel cells that replaces the expensive platinum currently used.

    • 1 min.
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    Testing goats' intelligence and emotions to improve welfare - Dr Alan McElligott

    Testing goats' intelligence and emotions to improve welfare - Dr Alan McElligott

    Dr Alan McElligott, from the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, has found that goats are far more intelligent than their reputation suggests and has made discoveries about their emotions that can help improve their welfare on farms round the world.

    • 1 min.
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    The history of tea in Britain - Professor Markman Ellis, Dr Matthew Mauger, Dr Richard Coulton

    The history of tea in Britain - Professor Markman Ellis, Dr Matthew Mauger, Dr Richard Coulton

    In 2015, it was announced that researchers from Queen Mary University of London found what they believe to be the oldest tea in Britain. The dried green tea was acquired in China, around the year 1700, by ship’s surgeon James Cuninghame, who subsequently gave it as a gift to the famous physician and collector of curiosities, Hans Sloane. In this video, the research team discuss the significance of their discovery and their work as historians of Britain's favourite drink.

    • 3 min
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    Where did the Triceratops get its frill? - Dr David Hone

    Where did the Triceratops get its frill? - Dr David Hone

    Dr David Hone, from the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, talks about the possible reasons why many dinosaurs evolved frills and crests that at first sight seem unnecessarily cumbersome.

    • 1 min.

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