Imperial Podcast – extracting copper, fibre diets and swimming bacteria
Recorded from the 2014 Imperial Festival, the latest podcast explores how to extract copper from mud using nothing but bubbles.
We also hear from Professor Gary Frost about dietary fibre and why it makes us feel less hungry, and look down the microscope to find out how bacteria swim.
The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on Imperial's Science Communication MSc course and the presenter of Click Radio on the BBC World Service, with contributors from the Research Communications team.
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News: flying 3D printing robots and the Athena SWAN awards - Colin Smith describes a world first robot that can 3D print and Gail Wilson talks about Imperial’s recent success in the latest Athena SWAN awards.
Science of bubbles - Gareth Mitchell speaks to Gareth Morris from the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at the 2014 Imperial Festival to find out how he uses bubbles to extract copper from mud.
Tackling obesity with fibre - Franca Davenport speaks to Professor Gary Frost from the Department of medicine to find out why eating more fibre might help to control problems with overeating.
Finding out how bacteria swim – Gareth Mitchell looks down the microsope at the 2014 Imperial Festival to find what enables bacteria to swim.
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