Sep 25, 2006
Posted in podcast at 8:53 am by David Bradley -- Click to comment
An incredibly small item in Saturday’s Times announced that a Voluntary Reporting Scheme – established by DEFRA – in the UK to record and assess the risks posed by nanoparticles has been created. Scientists have welcomed the announcement, apparently. More likely, they are rather peeved that yet another layer of bureacracy has been added to their workload.
According to the paper, “Little is known of the potential risk to health by the creation through nanoengineering of …
Sep 22, 2006
Posted in podcast, Science at 12:20 pm by David Bradley -- Click to comment
Welcome to the first Geordie Boffin Podcast from Sciencebase. This irregular and irreverent podcast will bring you audible reporting from the sciences. For most sciencebase readers this will most likely be your first chance to hear my dulcet tones (and those of my wife) as well as a little effected guitar playing for the intro!
You can play the sound file by using the media player built-in to …
