Biology – Page 72

Podcast

Penicillin

2011-04-13T00:00:00Z

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

Podcast

Ricin

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

Podcast

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

2010-09-08T00:00:00Z

Akshat Rathi introduces one of the key psychoactive ingredients in cannabis

Podcast

Iron

2009-07-08T00:00:00Z

Kary Mulllis discovers what makes metabolism possible

Podcast

Selenium

2008-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

Feature

The perfect host

2007-06-29T14:03:00Z

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

Opinion

Flashback

2007-01-29T11:41:00Z

20 years ago in Chemistry in Britain

News

Polonium-210: A deadly element

2006-12-21T08:51:00Z

Litvinenko death sparks radiochemical investigation

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

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.

Opinion

Moving to Manchester

2005-05-26T15:15:00Z

The new Manchester interdisciplinary biocentre is a haven for life science researchers interested in the interface with physical sciences, explain Andrew Munro and Nigel Scrutton