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Radio 4,15 Sep 2011,30 mins

15/09/2011

Material World

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Quentin Cooper reports from the British Science Festival in Bradford on nuclear power from thorium, plants to clean up explosives residues, lie detection through facial expression, ethical use of human tissue and geoengineering with artificial volcanoes to counter global warming. Producer: Martin Redfern.

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