ResearchPod

May 12, 2026 — Microbes are everywhere. Their ability to adapt to environmental conditions means they can survive on surfaces and enter the food manufacturing chain where they continue to multiply. This presents a daunting uphill battle for food manufactures to...

May 08, 2026 — Shrinkflation is the practice of reducing product sizes while keeping prices the same – a subtle form of inflation many consumers overlook. In this episode, we explore new research by Aljoscha Janssen at Singapore Management University, examining how...

May 06, 2026 — Menopause affects every woman differently, but for many the symptoms are significant and long-lasting. Yet despite effective treatments being available, many women never seek help. This podcast from NHS Ayrshire and Arran explains how hormone...

Apr 29, 2026 — In this episode of Enterprise Sessions from the University of Bristol, Professor Michele Barbour speaks with Dr Rebecca Shepherd, Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, whose unconventional journey from NHS histology labs to ivory identification expert has...

Apr 28, 2026 — Food insecurity and sustainability are huge global challenges. Yet research suggests that farmers, retailers and consumers reject up to 40% of the food we produce because it simply looks unattractive. New research published by Singapore Management...

Apr 15, 2026 — In this episode of Enterprise Sessions from the University of Bristol, Professor Michele Barbour speaks with Professor Paul Bates, world‑leading expert in flood inundation modelling and co‑founder of Fathom, one of the University’s most successful...

Apr 08, 2026 — Of all the scares and scandals around meat farming practices in the UK, few have been as persistent as been bovine TB. While we're nowhere near the 1930s estimate of the number of cattle infected, it's never really gone away. Why is that? Dr. Neil Watt...

Apr 01, 2026 — In this episode of Enterprise Sessions from the University of Bristol, Professor Michele Barbour sits down with Professor Ash Toye and Professor Jan Frayne, two leading biochemists whose long‑standing research partnership has evolved into one of the...

Mar 23, 2026 — What if one university helped shape modern climate science? Discover how the University of Reading became synonymous with the field and why it remains at the centre of that story. This World Meteorology Day 2026, we trace the evolution of climate...

Mar 18, 2026 — In this episode of Enterprise Sessions from the University of Bristol, Professor Michele Barbour speaks with Dr Myles‑Jay Linton, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, whose career has woven economics, health research, digital innovation and...