Chemistry podcasts – Page 25

  • 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 ...

  • Chanel no 5 perfume bottle on a shelf
    Podcast

    2-Methylundecanal

    2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Simon Cotton sniffs out the chemistry behind 2-Methylundecanal

  • Removing nail varnish with acetone
    Podcast

    Acetone

    2012-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Where munitions meet manicures

  • Podcast

    December 2012

    2012-12-01T00:00:00Z

    December Chemistry World Podcast - December 2012 1:15- The latest findings from the Mars Curiosity Rover's chemistry instruments 4:20- The mechanism behind argyria - 'blue man syndrome' - has been discovered 7:28- Tamara Galloway discusses bis-phenol A 13:38- Making sure 'good bacteria' can get to where it will ...

  • Acetylcholine 3D molecule
    Podcast

    Acetylcholine

    2012-11-28T00:00:00Z

    Hayley Birch explores the chemical basis of our nervous system