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Recorded from the 2014 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Festival, the latest podcast explores how to extract copper from mud using nothing but bubbles.

We also hear from Professor Gary Frost about dietary fibre and why it makes us feel less hungry, and look down the microscope to find out how bacteria swim.

The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Science Communication MSc course and the presenter of , with contributors from the Research Communications team.

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- Colin Smith describes a world first robot that can 3D print and Gail Wilson talks about 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s recent success in the latest Athena SWAN awards.

- Gareth Mitchell speaks to Gareth Morris from the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at the 2014 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Festival to find out how he uses bubbles to extract copper from mud.

- Franca Davenport speaks to Professor Gary Frost from the Department of medicine to find out why eating more fibre might help to control problems with overeating.

– Gareth Mitchell looks down the microsope at the 2014 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Festival to find what enables bacteria to swim.