Biology – Page 71

  • Close up of green coral emiting fluorescent under UV light
    Podcast

    Green fluorescent protein

    2012-02-08T00:00:00Z

    Attracting our attention with its fluorescent glow, here's Josh Howgego with GFP

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    Feature

    DNA motors on

    2011-12-22T10:44:00Z

    With the relentless rise of DNA nanotechnology's popularity, Emma Davies explores the role chemistry has played in its success

  • Person suffering from hayfever
    Podcast

    Histamine

    2011-12-07T00:00:00Z

    The root and branch of pollen allergies

  • 'Pink Elephants on Parade' LSD blotter
    Podcast

    LSD - Lysergic acid diethylamide

    2011-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The time- and sense-distorting chemistry of LSD

  • Methamphetamine or crystal meth
    Podcast

    Methamphetamine

    2011-09-07T00:00:00Z

    A mood enhancing molecule, Simon Cotton investigates the chemistry of Methamphetamine

  • Natural gas burning on kitchen gas stove
    Podcast

    Methane

    2011-08-31T00:00:00Z

    A component of natural gas also associated with ignis fatuus and bovine flatulence: Brian Clegg with methane

  • A freshly-scored opium poppy seedpod bleeding latex.
    Podcast

    Morphine

    2011-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Pain relief: provided by nature, often abused

  • Pink nitroglycerine tablets scattered on a black background
    Podcast

    Nitroglycerine

    2011-06-08T00:00:00Z

    Peter Wothers investigates a medicinal compound with a very explosive beginning

  • Balloon and nitrous oxide canister after use.
    Podcast

    Nitrous oxide

    2011-06-01T00:00:00Z

    From Preistley's early experiments to the latest 'hippy crack' phase, we take a look at the history of laughing gas

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    Feature

    Breaking through the barrier

    2011-05-31T11:41:00Z

    Getting drug molecules into the brain means crossing the defensive blood-brain barrier. Anthony King investigates how chemists are infiltrating the brain's fortress

  • Mould on jam
    Podcast

    Penicillin

    2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

    A world-changing antibacterial compound born from the horrors of war

  • Castor oil plant
    Podcast

    Ricin

    This highly effective natural poison has been linked to assassinations and as a tool for would-be terrorists

  • cannabis plant
    Podcast

    Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

    2010-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Akshat Rathi introduces one of the key psychoactive ingredients in cannabis

  • Periodic table of the elements – 26 – Iron
    Podcast

    Iron

    2009-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Kary Mulllis discovers what makes metabolism possible

  • Periodic table of the elements – 34 – Selenium
    Podcast

    Selenium

    2008-09-17T00:00:00Z

    A versatile if pungent element that keeps horses healthy and skunks stinky

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    Feature

    The perfect host

    2007-06-29T14:03:00Z

    Could artificial enzymes finally be about to shake up catalysis? James Mitchell Crow investigates

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    Opinion

    Flashback

    2007-01-29T11:41:00Z

    20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

  • Radiation warning sign reading "Walk in and drive in forbidden", Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant, Chelyabinsk, Russia
    News

    Polonium-210: A deadly element

    2006-12-21T08:51:00Z

    Litvinenko death sparks radiochemical investigation

  • A photograph of Albert Hofmann with an a model of the LSD molecule
    Feature

    LSD: cultural revolution and medical advances

    2005-12-22T21:06:00Z

    Albert Hofmann has largely faded from public view but his creation has become part of our cultural fabric. David Nichols reports

  • purple ocean
    News

    Bacteria ruled the world billions of years ago in purple oceans

    2005-10-06T17:05:00Z

    Evidence backing a controversial sulfur-rich model of the Earth's oceans 1.8 billion years ago has been uncovered in molecular fossils.