Chemistry podcasts – Page 20

  • Petrol station pump
    Podcast

    Octane

    2015-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Start your engines! Simon Cotton looks into one of the few chemical names known well to the public: Octane

  • Toothpaste on a toothbrush
    Podcast

    Fluorides

    2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

    Sensible approach to dental rot or sinister communist plot? Brian Clegg examines the much-maligned fluorides

  • Prozac pills
    Podcast

    Prozac

    2015-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton introduces the first of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants: Prozac

  • Man undergoing lie detector test
    Podcast

    Sodium thiopental

    2015-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Once thought to extract the truth and now used to enact the ultimate punishment, this week’s compound is sodium thiopental

  • CW0315_Feature_Camouflage_F3_630m
    Podcast

    Chemistry World podcast – March 2015

    2015-03-05T00:00:00Z

    How cephalopods teach chemists about camouflage, and new ways to convert carbon dioxide into useful materials

  • Person sleeping with pills beside them
    Podcast

    Barbituric acid

    2015-03-04T00:00:00Z

    It may have been largely superceded in the clinic but Phil Robinson discovers there is no rest yet for barbituric acid

  • Helical spring
    Podcast

    RNA

    2015-02-25T00:00:00Z

    RNA may be less famous than it’s more stable cousin, but is central to cellular function

  • Scene from Breaking Bad
    Podcast

    Hydrofluoric acid

    2015-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Breaking Bad may have exaggerated its body-dissolving effects, but Katrina Krämer finds the truth about hydrofluoric acid is just as gruesome

  • Old poster for a borax product
    Podcast

    Borax

    2015-02-11T00:00:00Z

    From lemon-fresh detergent to home made silly putty, Jenna Bilbrey expounds the virtues of borax

  • 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