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Are mobiles phones linked to low fertility?
Freeze-drying bugs for use as long-life vaccines, vaccum-packed blood for the front line and, in the news, are mobile phones linked to low fertility?
Every day the likes of probiotic "good" bacteria in yoghurts, and even the enzymes in washing powder, give us a helping hand. This week we investigate how scientists are designing new ways to protect and guard these tiny helpers, including new techniques to freeze-dry human blood. Plus, in the news, why mobile phones might be linked to low fertility, GM mosquitoes to wipe out malaria and diving beetle-inspired underwater stickytape...
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Sat 14 Jun 201405:00
BBC Radio 5 Live
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