Chemistry podcasts – Page 13
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PodcastThe Telomere Effect by Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel – Book club
The active steps you can take to live longer and younger
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PodcastMercuric chloride
Michael Freemantle traces the history of a highly toxic medicine: Mercuric chloride
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PodcastNepetalactone
The catnip compound that felines go crazy for could have exciting uses for humans, too, as Kat Arney finds out
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PodcastSpermine and spermidine
Kiki Sanford explores how polyamines found in semen could be related to a long and healthy life
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PodcastMolybdenum disulfide
Brian Clegg discovers the compound that makes the world’s smallest transistors
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PodcastThe Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos – Book club
Driverless cars and bloodless wars are just two of the promises of machines that learn, the subject of this month’s podcast
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PodcastArsenic trioxide
How a ‘daft’ pharmacy mix up led to a series of poisonings in Victorian Britain
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PodcastFurry Logic by Martin Durrani and Liz Kalaugher – Book club
This month we discuss the physics of turtles, shrimps and, of course, cats
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PodcastPorphyrins
Brian Clegg examines the colourful compounds that no red-blooded creature can do without: Porphyrins
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PodcastChemistry World podcast – January 2017
This month we introduce our new puzzles page, discuss the implications of Trump for science and meet Yuri Oganessian, the only living person with an element named after him
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PodcastSolvated electrons
Blue flashes and metallic water are just some of the tricks associated with the unleashed electron
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PodcastAdamantane
Brian Clegg introduces a crystalline hydrocarbon that isn’t as tough as it sounds, but is the basis of a wide range of medicines
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PodcastThe Secret Life of Fat by Sylvia Tara – Book club
The Chemistry World team discusses the benfits and drawbacks of the most maligned body tissue
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