Chemistry podcasts – Page 14
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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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PodcastHomo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari and our favourite books of 2016 – Book club
We review the bestseller, Homo deus and then the Chemistry World team discusses their favourite books of 2016
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PodcastBromodeoxyuridine
Kat Arney illuminates the story of a molecular ‘highlighter pen’ for growing cells
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PodcastI Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong – Book club
They say you are what you eat, but actually you’re mainly what eats you
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PodcastBenzoyl peroxide
The blondest blonde, the whitest smile, the clearest complexion – all from one essential compound
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PodcastButyric acid
The taste of American chocolate divides continents. Louise Crane reveals the ingredient that explains why
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PodcastBig Data: Does Size Matter? by Timandra Harkness – Book club
We are destined to become just a number in a big set of numbers. We discuss the benefits and drawbacks of this
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PodcastPARP: Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
Kat Arney explains how a protein that repairs broken DNA holds the key to killing cancer cells – but only if you stop it from doing its job