This podcast is about what happens when wheat leaves the farm. We take up the story after the August crop harvest and speak with Dr Andrew Wingate who tells how CAMGRAIN deliver quality assured wheat. We'll look at How wheat is cleaned after it arrives from the farm. The grain supply chain What are strong and weak wheat flour? What is … [Read more...]
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The Science Show 25/10/2014 – World War One, the Chemists War
How the First World War, that began in 1914, put the world’s chemists to work making chemicals to harm as well as heal though overall with horrific outcomes. The author of two books about the First World War, Dr Michael Freemantle will remind us that Chemistry was not only the destructive force in the war but it also protected the troops, and … [Read more...]
The Science Show 11/10/2014 – Types of Guitar
With many different types of guitars, we find out how much more is involved in the sound we get from various models, and whether or not this impacts on the price. Are we just paying for a brand name or the association with a particular musician? Today’s guest is Graham Buxton, a name that local music fans and musicians will recognise from a long … [Read more...]
The Science Show 13/09/14 – Ensuring the quality of wheat at CAMGRAIN
This podcast is about what happens when wheat leaves the farm. We take up the story after the August crop harvest and speak with Dr Andrew Wingate who tells how CAMGRAIN deliver quality assured wheat. Ideas in this show: How is wheat tested and cleaned after it arrives from the farm? The grain supply chain What are strong and weak wheat … [Read more...]
The Science Show 23/08/2014 – Fracking for oil gas
This show podcast is about the process of extracting underground sources of gas, called fracking, an industrial process which previously was uneconomic, but in today’s energy crisis, has led to new options. And just as the government has issued licences to drill in the UK, so too there have been protests in the UK. This podcast is devoted to wising … [Read more...]
The Science Show 12/07/2014 – Gastronomy – Improving cycling performance with psychology
In this podcast we talk with Peter Barham, a professor of 'Molecular Gastronomy' about what his delicious subject entails. He wrote the book "The Science of Cooking". His idea is that "a kitchen is like science laboratory”, and that cookery is indeed an experimental science. Professor Barham has worked with restaurant chefs including Heston … [Read more...]
The Science Show 28/06/2014 – Fluid physics and engineering
Hear about measuring the properties of materials that are not just solids or liquids or gases but are all three in one. The soil under your feet is one such material - it is of course a solid with air and water mixed in. Knowing how soil behaves is especially helpful when you intend to build on it! And how soil behaves is even more interesting when … [Read more...]
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