Chemistry podcasts – Page 9

  • Algae bloom in Reflecting Pool, Washington, DC
    Podcast

    Anatoxin-a

    2018-10-12T10:00:00Z

    The compound formerly known by the no-nonsense name 'very fast death factor'

  • Colchicum autumnale flowers
    Podcast

    Colchicine

    2018-10-05T10:00:00Z

    An ancient, but effective, remedy for painful attacks of gout

  • A Bandari woman showing her hands with indigo traces after sewing a traditional burqa mask
    Podcast

    Indigo

    2018-09-28T10:00:00Z

    The rise and fall of the Indian indigo industry is just one part of this pigment's colourful history

  • Mark Miadownik – Liquid
    Podcast

    Liquid by Mark Miodownik – Book club

    2018-09-28T09:00:00Z

    Mark Miodownik on the delightful, dangerous and downright strange liquids that flow through our lives

  • A Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel displays confiscated ecstasy at a press conference in Manila on September 14, 2016
    Podcast

    Pentylone

    2018-09-21T10:17:00Z

    The latest in an alarming trend of novel psychoactive substances being mis-sold at festivals as traditional street drugs, putting users at risk

  • Sneezing in a field
    Podcast

    Antihistamines

    2018-09-13T14:19:00Z

    From calming a hyperactive immune system to increasing cognitive abilities, these small molecules have a big impact

  • Thaumetopoea processionea. Oak processionary moth caterpillars
    Podcast

    Thaumetopoein

    2018-09-07T09:30:00Z

    The allergenic compound behind those 'toxic caterpillars'

  • Jennifer L. Rohn – Cat Zero
    Podcast

    Cat Zero by Jennifer Rohn – Book club

    2018-09-06T14:19:00Z

    Science fiction as written by a scientist

  • Nurses from the House of Lords Red Cross Detachment wearing gas masks,
    Podcast

    Ethyl iodoacetate

    2018-08-30T17:05:00Z

    A tear gas used by the British army in the first world war, picked, in part, because of our access to seaweed

  • A bowl of almonds
    Podcast

    Benzaldehyde

    2018-08-23T16:59:00Z

    Brian Clegg on the almond flavour compound that gives your taste buds a treat and may help rescue survivors from a disaster

  • Corrugated asbestos cement roofing
    Podcast

    Asbestos

    2018-08-17T14:30:00Z

    How the ‘world’s most wonderful mineral’ became one of the world’s biggest health hazards

  • Infant with Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Jaundice.
    Podcast

    Bilirubin

    2018-08-10T15:20:00Z

    Kat Arney investigates the chemicals responsible for giving bruises their hue and colouring your poo

  • Daniel M Davis – The beautiful cure
    Podcast

    The Beautiful Cure by Daniel Davis – Book club

    2018-08-07T09:21:00Z

    Immunologist Daniel Davis reveals the complexities of the human immune system

  • A sign for Naloxone in a room where students learn about opioid overdose prevention
    Podcast

    Naloxone

    2018-08-03T09:30:00Z

    The antidote that can stop an opioid overdose in its tracks

  • Fentanyl health alert
    Podcast

    Fentanyl

    2018-07-26T12:27:00Z

    A 1960s breakthrough in pain relief that now fuels the opioid crisis

  • Sheep
    Podcast

    Lanolin

    2018-07-20T12:55:00Z

    How a waxy mixture from a sheep's fleece helped create a global fashion brand

  • CBD oil - cannabis oil containing cannabidiol
    Podcast

    Cannabidiol

    2018-07-13T11:30:00Z

    The story of Charlotte Figi, Dravet syndrome and the cannabis compound controlling her condition

  • NPK fertiliser
    Podcast

    Potassium sulfate

    2018-07-05T16:52:00Z

    Brian Clegg on a compound that keeps us well fed and looking radiant

  • Helen Thomson – Unthinkable
    Podcast

    Unthinkable by Helen Thomson – Book club

    2018-07-03T12:00:00Z

    Helen Thomson looks at some of the rarest neurological conditions known to science

  • Warfarin tablets, 5mg (pink), 3mg (blue) and 1mg (brown)
    Podcast

    Warfarin

    2018-06-28T14:28:00Z

    Katrina Krämer examines the potent anticoagulant implicated in the death of Joseph Stalin