Celebrating twenty years
2010-05-19T00:00:00Z
Phil Ball introduces an element that once sparked a long and bitter war
2010-05-12T00:00:00Z
John Emsley introduces an element with uses that range from double glazing to laser eye surgery
2010-05-05T00:00:00Z
Bea Perks introduces a deadly poison that also finds use in paints, fireworks and medicine
2010-04-28T00:00:00Z
Mark Peplow introduces the element often described as the rarest naturally occurring element in the world
2010-04-21T00:00:00Z
RoAdina Payton discusses a metallic alkaline earth metal that is never found in nature in its pure form
2010-04-14T00:00:00Z
Eric Scerri introduces one of only two elements named after a university
2010-04-07T00:00:00Z
Richard Van Noorden introduces an element that has given us gorgeous gemstones, spark proof tools for the oil industry and a deadly lung condition
2010-03-31T00:00:00Z
The story of a heavy metal that could make spoons vanish in a hot cup of Victorian tea
2010-03-24T00:00:00Z
Eric Scerri tells the story of a transuranium element first synthesised by cold fusion in 1981
2010-03-17T00:00:00Z
Pat Bailey introduces an element known for split personalities, parachute molecules, and swapping partners
2010-03-10T00:00:00Z
An element that has given us drugs, insecticides and fire extinguishers
2010-03-03T00:00:00Z
Steve Mylon with a painful lesson about a heavy metal
2010-02-24T00:00:00Z
Peter Wothers shares the story of his favourite element: caesium
2010-02-17T00:00:00Z
The element that gives us cement, plaster of Paris, hard teeth and hard water
2010-02-10T00:00:00Z
Brian Clegg tells the story of element 98: californium
2010-02-03T00:00:00Z
Katherine Holt introduces an element with an entire branch of chemistry devoted to its reactions
2010-01-27T00:00:00Z
Andrea Sella tells the story of an element that sparks up lighters, vanishes burns, and helps to clean up the fumes from cars and trucks
2010-01-20T00:00:00Z
Tim Harrison brings us the story of a 'Jekyll and Hyde' element
2010-01-13T00:00:00Z
The colourful history of chromium
2010-01-06T00:00:00Z
An element named after the German word for goblin or trouble maker
