Chemistry podcasts – Page 20

  • Cannabis plant
    Podcast

    Chemistry World podcast - February 2015

    2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Cannabis, peanuts and explosive investigations – all in the February 2015 Chemistry World podcast

  • A sample of PEDOT
    Podcast

    PEDOT

    2015-02-04T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg introduces the ‘ogres’ that make up transparent electronics

  • Molecular diagram of Grubb's catalyst
    Podcast

    Grubbs catalyst

    2015-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Nina Notman describes the dance of olefin metathesis, and how the tempo is set by Grubbs’ catalysts

  • AAA batteries
    Podcast

    Titanium nitride

    2015-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg explains how titanium nitride could protect artificial joints and pimp out your ride

  • Tungsten carbide cutting wheel
    Podcast

    Tungsten carbide

    2015-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Matt Gunther introduces the alloy that links armour-piercing bullets and ball point pens: Tungsten carbide

  • Crop spraying
    Podcast

    Paraquat

    2015-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg introduces a weedkiller whose name has entered public consciousness – Paraquat

  • molecular diagrams
    Podcast

    Chemistry World podcast - January 2015

    2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

    How a new nanoparticle iron supplement can treat anaemia, and a run down of chemists in the new year honours

  • A chest of gold, frankincense and myrrh
    Podcast

    Frankincense and myrrh

    2014-12-24T00:00:00Z

    In this seasonal podcast, we look at the compounds found in frankincense and myrrh

  • Isoniazid (isonicotinylhydrazine, INH) tuberculosis antibiotic, chemical structure
    Podcast

    Isoniazid

    2014-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Nina Notman introduces isoniazid - an antibiotic key to treating tuberculosis

  • Adding artificial sweetener to a drink
    Podcast

    Aspartame

    2014-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Could this be the sweetener that causes the most online panic?

  • Explosion
    Podcast

    Chemistry World podcast - December 2014

    2014-12-04T00:00:00Z

    How nitrogen can make green explosives and why molecular communication might produce chatty nanobots

  • Spice - synthetic cannabis
    Podcast

    Cannabicyclohexanol

    2014-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Used to make synthetic cannabis, cannabicyclohexanol may be more risky than its non-synthetic counterpart

  • Tramadol pills
    Podcast

    Tramadol

    2014-11-26T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton introduces the painkiller tramadol – could this be the next banned drug in competitive cycling?

  • Insulin injection
    Podcast

    Insulin

    2014-11-19T00:00:00Z

    A protein with an impressive roster of ‘firsts’: Anna Lewcock introduces insulin

  • Lophophora williamsii cactus with flower
    Podcast

    Psilocybin & Mescaline

    2014-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton explores our hallucinogenic horizons with psilocybin and mescaline

  • stained-glass window
    Podcast

    Selenium dioxide

    2014-11-05T00:00:00Z

    It smells of ‘rotting horseradish’ but gives glass a magnificent red colour – Brian Clegg shines a light on selenium dioxide

  • Moon
    Podcast

    Chemistry World podcast - November 2014

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    We speak to Eric Betzig about his Nobel prize-winning research, and find out how thermoelectric materials can be made more efficient

  • Human growth hormone protein structure diagram
    Podcast

    Human growth hormone

    2014-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Marketed as a path to eternal youth but banned in professional sports, Hayley Simon introduces human growth hormone

  • tofu
    Podcast

    Magnesium chloride

    2014-10-23T00:00:00Z

    It may have no common name, but as Brian Clegg explains, magnesium chloride has many common uses

  • A bus destroyed by the London terrorism attack in 2005
    Podcast

    Acetone peroxide

    2014-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton takes us back to a dark day in UK history, to highlight a terrible use of acetone peroxide