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Chemistry World


    • Feb 3, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 33m AVG DURATION
    • 59 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Chemistry World Podcast

    Chemistry World podcast – January 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2017 47:12


    This month we introduce our new puzzles page, discuss the implications of Trump for science and meet Yuri Oganessian, the only living person with an element named after him

    Chemistry World Book Club podcast – Herding Hemingway's Cats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2016


    Six-toed cats and misconceptions in genetics are discussed in this months podcast

    Chemistry World Book Club podcast – Sorting the beef from the bull

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2016 22:31


    This month we discuss the ubiquitous nature of food fraud and its detection

    Chemistry World Book Club podcast – Scientific paper writing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2016 29:20


    This month, we discuss how to write quality scientific papers

    Chemistry World Book Club podcast – Why science is sexist

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2016 22:44


    This month we discuss unconscious bias and other reasons why science is sexist

    Chemistry World Book Club podcast – Elements of Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2016 22:42


    This month we learn of the problems that arise from mining rare metals in David Abraham's The Elements of Power

    Chemistry World Book Club podcast – Adventures in the Anthropocene

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2016 22:02


    This month we consider the dawning of a new epoch as we discuss Gaia Vince's Adventures in the Anthropocene

    Chemistry World Book Club podcast – Thing explainer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 23:55


    Our book club podcast considers simple language in science as we discuss Randall Munroe's new book, Thing explainer.

    Chemistry World podcast – December 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2015 31:56


    This month, we learn how to leave the calories out of fine chocolate, and discover the earth might be older than we thought

    Chemistry World Book Club podcast – Why does asparagus make your wee smell?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2015 26:46


    In this podcast, we learn why does asparagus make your wee smell, as we discuss Andy Brunning's new book

    Chemistry World podcast – November 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2015 31:23


    This month we meet chemisty Nobel winner,Thomas Lindahl, and we learn how bio-markers might be used to determine the time of death

    Chemistry World Book Club podcast - Scientific Babel

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2015 26:43


    We probe the nature of scientific language with Michael Gordin's bestseller, Scientific Babel

    Chemistry World podcast – October 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2015 31:09


    This month, we chart a course through chemical space and discover the potential problems of cleaning up Sellafield

    Chemistry World Book Club podcast – A is for Arsenic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2015 21:05


    In the first of a brand new podcast series, we get together to discuss 'A is for Arsenic: the poisons of Agatha Christie'

    Chemistry World podcast – September 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2015 33:24


    In this months podcast, we discuss Ebola and malaria vaccines in the pipeline, the history of peer review, and managing the mountain of chemical data

    Chemistry World podcast – August2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2015 28:48


    In this space special, we learn how to study comets surfaces, and speak to a Nobel Prize winner about his 20-year-old prediction proving to be correct

    Chemistry World podcast – July 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2015 29:01


    We ask, does graphene live up to the hype, and discuss injectable electronics that unfold in the brain

    Chemistry World podcast – June 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2015 27:49


    What makes food sweet? How do we protect against food alteration? New e-paper, and possible treatment for ebola

    Chemistry World podcast – May 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2015 30:24


    We find out how nanotoxicology could be holding back development, and ask if 'patent or perish' should be the new academic adage

    Chemistry World podcast – April 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2015 27:50


    How do you smell? We discuss a controversial theory about odour detection, and investigate forensic toxicology

    Chemistry World podcast – March 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2015 31:06


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

    Chemistry World podcast - February 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2015 32:58


    Cannabis, peanuts and explosive investigations – all in the February 2015 Chemistry World podcast

    Chemistry World podcast - January 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2014 33:58


    How a new nanoparticle iron supplement can treat anaemia, and a run down of chemists in the new year honours

    Chemistry World podcast - December 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2014 32:57


    How nitrogen can make green explosives and why molecular communication might produce chatty nanobots

    Chemistry World podcast - November 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2014


    We speak to Eric Betzig about his Nobel prize-winning research, and find out how thermoelectric materials can be made more efficient

    Chemistry World podcast - October 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2014 36:05


    We speak to Jason Sello about the hunt for new antibiotics, and Monique Simmonds explains the chemical role of botanical gardens

    Chemistry World podcast - September 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2014 35:12


    We speak to Paul Clarke about the challenges of natural product synthesis and discuss the pros and cons of perovskite solar cells

    Chemistry World podcast - August 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2014 33:31


    This month, how artificial comets may explain the origins of asymmetry in life. Plus, we speak to Martyn Poliakoff

    Chemistry World podcast - July 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2014 32:34


    We speak to artist Briony Marshall and art detective Warren Warren about the more artistic sides of chemistry

    Chemistry World podcast - June 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2014 35:39


    We speak to Tom Brown, the 2014 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year, and find out why cells spend so much time doing nothing

    Chemistry World podcast - May 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2014 34:48


    We speak to the 'sultan of synthesis', Phil Baran, and Peter James explains how labs can save cash on energy bills

    Chemistry World podcast - April 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2014 27:02


    Why are researchers boycotting a conference? How can Raman spectroscopy reveal the true colours of paintings? And how can shrimp shells help clean the ocean?

    Chemistry World podcast - March 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2014 39:50


    This month, synthetic DNA bases and chemistry using smartphones

    Chemistry World podcast - February 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2014 35:02


    This month, alternatives to animal testing and exploring actinide chemistry

    Chemistry World podcast - January 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2014 35:20


    This month, we examine the controversy surrounding the Turin shroud and explore the history of crystallography

    Chemistry World podcast - December 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2013 31:35


    We discover how spin chemistry guides migrating birds and explore the science of cheese

    Chemistry World podcast - November 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2013 31:19


    Michelle Francl helps us tackle chemophobia, and we discover the history, art and science of alloys with David Dye

    Chemistry World podcast - October 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2013 36:44


    Chemists are helping palaeontologists discover the palette of fossil pigments, and helping toxicologists design greener compounds

    Chemistry World podcast - September 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2013 37:12


    Emma Smith surveys the prospects for chemistry graduates and Polly Arnold looks at plugging the leaky pipeline of women in chemistry

    Chemistry World podcast - August 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2013 37:51


    Loren Williams explains how the ribosome hints at the origins of life, and Kevin Greenlees discusses veterinary drug development

    Chemistry World podcast - July 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2013 34:13


    Hagan Bayley explains the scientific scope for 3D printing and Chad Mirkin introduces programmable DNA building blocks

    Chemistry World podcast - June 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2013 34:21


    We discover 300 years of chemistry in Edinburgh with Eleanor Campbell, and explore the secrets of the main group elements

    Chemistry World podcast - May 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2013 40:09


    Robert Lovitt tells us about algae biotechnology, Patrick Holland discusses nitrogen fixing chemistry and the team cover the latest news

    Chemistry World podcast - April 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2013 37:33


    Geoffrey Kibby on mushroom chemistry, Paul Midgley illuminates 3D imaging and the team cover the latest news

    Chemistry World podcast - March 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2013 38:18


    Mark Mascal talks about bio-derived chemicals, John Lindon introduces the Phenome Centre and the team cover the latest news

    Chemistry World podcast - February 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2013 36:43


    Graham Richards discusses crowdsourcing, Eric Wolff talks about ice cores and the team cover the latest chemical news

    Chemistry World Podcast January 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2013 37:53


    Chemistry World Podcast December 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2012 34:58


    Chemistry World Podcast November 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2012 37:52


    Chemistry World Podcast October 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2012 33:05


    Chemistry World Podcast September 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2012 38:32


    September 2012 podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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