Chemistry podcasts – Page 18

  • A molecule of ubiquitin
    Podcast

    Ubiquitin

    2015-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Kiki Sanford examines the molecule that holds the balance between life and death

  • 1215CW_Reviews_Asparagus_300m
    Podcast

    Why Does Asparagus Make Your Wee Smell? by Andy Brunning – Book club

    2015-12-04T00:00:00Z

    In this podcast, we learn why does asparagus make your wee smell, as we discuss Andy Brunning’s new book

  • A nurse tends to a World War I victim
    Podcast

    Diethyl ether

    2015-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Michael Freemantle awakens us to the history of diethyl ether

  • Manganese dioxide
    Podcast

    Manganese dioxide

    2015-11-25T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg paints a picture of a compound found in ancient cave paintings and top-of-the-range electronics: Manganese dioxide

  • Old engraving of workers making mercury fulminate
    Podcast

    Mercury fulminate, Hg(CNO)2

    2015-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Michael Freemantle examines the explosive history and chemistry of mercury fulminate

  • Zirconium-tungstate crystal structure
    Podcast

    Zirconium tungstate

    2015-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Generally, things get bigger as they get hotter. Neil Withers examines one of the exceptions – zirconium tungstate

  • breaking the mirror
    Podcast

    Chemistry World podcast – November 2015

    2015-11-09T00:00:00Z

    This month we meet chemisty Nobel winner, Thomas Lindahl, and we learn how bio-markers might be used to determine the time of death

  • Scientific Babel
    Podcast

    Scientific Babel by Michael Gordin – Book club

    2015-11-05T00:00:00Z

    We probe the nature of scientific language with Michael Gordin’s bestseller, Scientific Babel

  • Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro crews do pit-stop practice at the 2009 F1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix April 4, 2009 in Sepang Malaysia.
    Podcast

    Toluene

    2015-11-04T00:00:00Z

    There’s more to toluene than TNT, as Brian Clegg reveals

  • Old photo of a man making guncotton
    Podcast

    Guncotton or nitrocellulose

    2015-10-28T00:00:00Z

    From an apron aflame to a popular propellant, Michael Freemantle tracks the history of guncotton

  • Pot of Marmite
    Podcast

    Thiamine or vitamin B

    2015-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg introduces an essential nutrient, and the first to hold the name ‘vitamin’: Thiamine or vitamin B

  • CW1015_Feature_Sellafield_F1_300tb
    Podcast

    Chemistry World podcast – October 2015

    2015-10-19T00:00:00Z

    This month, we chart a course through chemical space and discover the potential problems of cleaning up Sellafield

  • Vials of cephalosporin
    Podcast

    Cephalosporins

    2015-10-15T00:00:00Z

    A story which starts knee-deep in sewage and ends with the spread of drug resistant infections like MRSA

  • War poster about lewisite
    Podcast

    Lewisite

    2015-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Wouldn’t it be great to have a molecule named after you? But perhaps not this week’s compound, the chemical weapon lewisite

  • A is for arsenic
    Podcast

    A is for Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup – Book club

    2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

    In the first of a brand new podcast series, we get together to discuss ‘A is for Arsenic: the poisons of Agatha Christie’

  • Argonne National Laboratory
    Podcast

    Xenon hexafluoroplatinate

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Hayley Birch discovers the compound that opened up a wing of the periodic table for reactions: Xenon hexafluoroplatinate

  • Iced tea
    Podcast

    Sodium azide

    2015-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Raychelle Burks finds out how Potbelly’s patrons became poisoning patients, in the mystery of the sodium azide-laced iced tea

  • Gelsemium sempervirens flowers
    Podcast

    Gelsemine

    2015-09-21T00:00:00Z

    In this week’s podcast, Matt Gunther reveals the toxic history of gelsemine

  • Wintergreen plant
    Podcast

    Methyl salicylate

    2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

    In this week’s podcast, Raychelle Burks tells us of the cool but warming effects of methyl salicylate, better known as oil of wintergreen.

  • A very old edition of Tyrocinium Chymicum
    Podcast

    Antimony sulfide

    2015-09-02T00:00:00Z

    It’s at the heart of the first chemical equation, and makes Hayley Birch think of quiche. This week’s compound is antimony sulfide