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In this edition: a new app for delayed rail refunds, the surprising diversity of mammals in logged forests and how to build better bionic implants.

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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– Researchers at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø are developing a new rapid test for bacterial infections in children, and some of our scientists are starting to move into London’s new medical innovation hub, the Francis Crick Institute.

– A Physics PhD student has developed an app in his spare time to help rail passengers claim back compensation for delayed journeys. Only one in ten delayed travellers currently claim refunds, but the Train Trick app aims to make it easier for all.

– A three-year, 20,000-record study of mammals in landscapes in Borneo has discovered that a surprisingly diversity of them hang on in logged and degraded forests. What could this mean for conservation efforts in these areas?

– Medical implants face rejection from the body, but we talk to a new 51³Ô¹ÏÍø researcher who is helping develop better implants that could help in everything from eye diseases to artificial limb control.