Stripping down science, the naked scientists.

Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientist.

That's with me, Chris Smith and also with Helen Sculls who's here this week,

Hi Helen. Hello.

Now coming up on this week's program, how a man's iPod gave him an electrifying musical experience,

and you'll be shocked to hear why, why penguins are changing their diets.

Also how scientists have found for the first time water on a distant planet,

and also how researchers have found a cunning way to turn waste sugar into a fuel that packs a similar punch to petrol.

Well, we came up with this compound called diamond. fuel that packs a similar punch to petrol.

Well, we came up with this compound called Dimethyl-F-M-F.

And it turns out the Octane number is something like around 120, which is a very, very good

octane. Dimethifiran should be a very very very good octane so time after

foran should be a very very good burning fuel if you can make it

efficiently from biomass

and on the subject of fuels of the future this week we're finding out how to

power the next generation of cars

and trucks but without harming the environment. From the man who invented the

first LED will be hearing about a new way to produce hydrogen in large amounts, but much more safely than having

a great big cylinder of it sitting in the back of your car.

And for this week's kitchen sites, we've sent Azi to Bath University's chemistry department to find out how we make biodiesel.

She'll also be having a go at testing what they make, so keep listening to find out whether it works or not.

And is all of this talk about environmentally friendly fuels actually scientifically sound?

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