Chemistry podcasts – Page 25

  • PVC pipes
    Podcast

    PVC

    2013-07-03T00:00:00Z

    To some it looks cheap and nasty, for others it’s a sensible (or even sexy) design decision. Brian Clegg wraps himself in PVC

  • Grapes and wine
    Podcast

    Resveratrol

    2013-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Can a compound in red wine protect against heart attack and cancer? Phillip Broadwith investigates resveratrol

  • Phosphoric acid
    Podcast

    Phosphoric Acid

    2013-06-19T00:00:00Z

    Lars Öhrström on phosphoric acid: Crucial for crops and DNA’s backbone, it’s the energy currency of the biological world

  • Superglue
    Podcast

    Cyanoacrylate

    2013-06-12T00:00:00Z

    It repairs objects, heals wounds and fights crime. It puts the ‘super’ in superglue. Emma Stoye introduces cyanoacrylate

  • Structure of VX
    Podcast

    VX

    2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

    The stuff of action films and horrifying news stories, Simon Cotton introduces the infamous nerve agent, VX

  • Ruby and sapphires
    Podcast

    Alumina

    2013-05-29T00:00:00Z

    It’s a catalyst, an abrasive, a bright white pigment and the basis for beautiful gemstones - Neil Withers introduces Alumina

  • Cathinone
    Podcast

    Cathinone

    2013-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton introduces us to cathinone, the active ingredient in the stimulant Khat

  • Foxgloves in bloom
    Podcast

    Digoxin

    2013-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Emma Stoye on digoxin, a toxic product of foxgloves, and the birth of modern pharmacology

  • YBCO demonstrating magnetic levitation
    Podcast

    YBCO - Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide

    2013-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Neil Withers recalls making this groundbreaking superconductor as a student

  • Ferrocene
    Podcast

    Ferrocene

    2013-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Lars Öhrström gets his teeth into the first sandwich compound

  • rhubarb
    Podcast

    Oxalic acid

    2013-04-25T00:00:00Z

    Lars Öhrström finds a link between Napoleon III and rhubarb

  • Sniffing wine
    Podcast

    Denatonium benzoate

    2013-04-18T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg has a sniff at the bitterest substance known to science

  • epsom salt
    Podcast

    Magnesium sulfate

    2013-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg explains how bath salts may actually be more than just relaxing

  • Cadmium sulfide
    Podcast

    Cadmium sulfide

    2013-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg brightens up our lives with some bright yellow chemistry

  • Green mint plant
    Podcast

    Menthol

    2013-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton channels the Fonz and stays cool

  • Close up view of woman's eye
    Podcast

    Opsins

    2013-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Brian Clegg opens our eyes to the compounds that enable sight

  • Podcast

    February 2013

    2013-02-01T00:00:00Z

  • Scoop of ultramarine blue color pigments
    Podcast

    Prussian blue

    2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Laura Howes looks back to a time when feeling blue was a good thing - and wearing it was ‘bling’

  • Hands
    Podcast

    Oxytocin

    2013-01-23T00:00:00Z

    Josh Howgego prepares to socialise - and tells us why ‘cuddle chemicals’ are too good to be true

  • Podcast

    January 2013

    2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

    January Chemistry World Podcast - January 2013 1:05- The anti-ageing properties of olive oil can even be extended to buildings 4:00- Potatoes have been bred with lower levels of acrylamides 7:25- David MacMillan tells us how Princeton's new chemistry building is catalyzing new interactions and discoveries 15:40- DNA ...