Chemistry podcasts – Page 38

  • Podcast

    January 2009

    2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - January 200900:12 -- Introduction01:58 -- Chemists take control of robo-moths 04:27 -- Did meteorite strikes seed life on earth?07:18 -- Fraser Stoddart discusses the impact of Richard Feynman's famous 'Plenty of room at the bottom' talk, fifty years on 13:54 ...

  • Periodic table of the elements – 19 – Potassium
    Podcast

    Potassium

    2008-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Peter Wothers on how potassium got its name

  • Periodic table of the elements – 59 – Praseodymium
    Podcast

    Praseodymium

    2008-12-24T00:00:00Z

    The 'green twin' from didymium safety glasses

  • Periodic table of the elements – Promethium
    Podcast

    Promethium

    2008-12-17T00:00:00Z

    Enter the world of Greek mythology to reveal the great powers of the element promethium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 91 – Protactinium
    Podcast

    Protactinium

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

     Eric Scerri on the mysteries of protactinium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 88 – Radium
    Podcast

    Radium

    2008-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The self illuminating story of element number 88

  • Podcast

    December 2008

    2008-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - December 200800:10 -- Introduction02:18 -- Forest fungus makes diesel direct from cellulose05:12 -- Schemes to trap carbon dioxide in rock 08:04 -- Al Darzins describes the potential biofuel bonanza that is quick-growing microalgae 14:40-- ...

  • Periodic table of the elements – 86 – Radon
    Podcast

    Radon

    2008-11-26T00:00:00Z

     Katherine Holt on the element that accounts for half of the UK population's annual radiation dose

  • Periodic table of the elements – 75 – Rhenium
    Podcast

    Rhenium

    2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

    One of the rarest naturally occuring elements – and full of surprises – Eric Scerri introduces rhenium

  • Periodic table of the elements – 45 – Rhodium
    Podcast

    Rhodium

    2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

    An element whose rarity and reluctance to react make it oh so special

  • Periodic table of the elements – 111 – Roentgenium
    Podcast

    Roentgenium

    2008-11-05T00:00:00Z

    An element that needs just the right conditions in order to get a successful collision

  • Podcast

    November 2008

    2008-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - November 200800:10 -- Introduction02:40 -- Better than geckos: the glue that clings to walls05:00 -- How to cure wrinkles with LEDs07:45 -- Martin Chalfie, one of this year's three chemistry Nobel prize winners tells us how his research ...

  • Periodic table of the elements – 37 – Rubidium
    Podcast

    Rubidium

    2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

     A radioactive element that's good at keeping time

  • Periodic table of the elements – 44 – Ruthenium
    Podcast

    Ruthenium

    2008-10-22T00:00:00Z

    An element for 'connoisseurs'

  • Periodic table of the elements – 104 – Rutherfordium
    Podcast

    Rutherfordium

    2008-10-15T00:00:00Z

    An element born from the intense scientific competition between Russia and America

  • Periodic table of the elements – 62 – Samarium
    Podcast

    Samarium

    2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

    A rare, lustrous element whose isotopes have unfathomably long half-lives

  • Podcast

    October 2008

    2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - October 200800:10 -- Introduction02:09 -- A failed anxiety drug could provide a novel treatment for cancer04:29 -- A biosensor made from proteins could speed drug development 06:43 -- Fred Vom Saal from the endocrine disrupters group at the ...

  • Periodic table of the elements – 21 – Scandium
    Podcast

    Scandium

    2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The element that proved the predictive power of Mendeleev's periodic table

  • Periodic table of the elements – 106 – Seaborgium
    Podcast

    Seaborgium

    2008-09-24T00:00:00Z

    One of just a handful of elements named after a living person

  • Periodic table of the elements – 34 – Selenium
    Podcast

    Selenium

    2008-09-17T00:00:00Z

    A versatile if pungent element that keeps horses healthy and skunks stinky