Chemistry podcasts – Page 13
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Mercuric chloride
Michael Freemantle traces the history of a highly toxic medicine: Mercuric chloride
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Nepetalactone
The catnip compound that felines go crazy for could have exciting uses for humans, too, as Kat Arney finds out
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Spermine and spermidine
Kiki Sanford explores how polyamines found in semen could be related to a long and healthy life
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Molybdenum disulfide
Brian Clegg discovers the compound that makes the world’s smallest transistors
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Book Club - The master algorithm
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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Arsenic trioxide
How a ‘daft’ pharmacy mix up led to a series of poisonings in Victorian Britain
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Book Club - Furry logic
This month we discuss the physics of turtles, shrimps and, of course, cats
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Porphyrins
Brian Clegg examines the colourful compounds that no red-blooded creature can do without: Porphyrins
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Chemistry 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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Solvated electrons
Blue flashes and metallic water are just some of the tricks associated with the unleashed electron
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Adamantane
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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Book Club - The secret life of fat
The Chemistry World team discusses the benfits and drawbacks of the most maligned body tissue