Material World - 28/08/2008

Quentin Cooper explores new ideas to reduce traffic chaos and warn motorists of congestion ahead. He talks to Dr Alan Stevens from the Transport Research Laboratory and Dr David Brown of Portsmouth University. He also meets Prof Martyn Poliakoff and Dr Debbie Kays, University of Nottingham scientists who have brought the Periodic Table into the 21st century by posting lively video clips about every single chemical element on a new website.