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In this edition: We join the fight against deadly fungal pathogens, listen to music inspired by moons, and discover how some crystals heal themselves.

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– We hear how engineers have created fixators for broken bones being trialled in Sri Lanka, Gaza and Ukraine, and how the Business School has won an award for its Sustainability Leadership programme.

– Fungal infections can be deadly, and a new WHO priority list has been drawn up to fight them. We hear from Professor Matthew Fisher, who is working on two of these worrying pathogens.

– We listen in as astronaut Helen Sharman and conductor Amanda Lee Falkenberg lead ‘’ – an outreach event about the science behind our neighbouring planets’ moons and the music Falkenberg has created to illustrate them.

– We learn how crystals of surprising materials including paracetamol and ethanol can ‘heal’ themselves, , and how this could help researchers manipulate their growth.

This section is an extract from the podcast by the Institute for Molecular Science and Engineering.

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The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's MSc Science Communication course and the presenter of on the BBC World Service, with contributions from our roving reporters in the Communications and Public Affairs Division.