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In this edition: presenting research at Parliament, winning awards for tracking tube trains and having fun with chemistry at the latest Fringe event.

The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Science Communication MSc course and the presenter of Click Radio on the BBC World Service, with contributions from our roaming reporters.

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– Figures from nearly every country in the world reveal that for the first time there are more overweight than underweight people, and a campaign to rename 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

– Two early career researchers from the Department of Bioengineering at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø talk about their experience presenting their work at an event at Parliament, including engaging with MPs, Lords and policymakers.

– An undergraduate in the Department of Computing has also been hobnobbing with Lords at a luncheon where he received an award from the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. He was honoured for his work on an app that makes better use of TfL data to give commuters real-time tube updates.

– We examined things at the molecular level for the most recent 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Fringe event, including testing out next-generation fuel cells, designing solvents to extract carbon dioxide, and making clothing super water repellent.