Chemistry podcasts – Page 38

  • Periodic table of the elements – 88 – Radium
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    Radium

    2008-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The self illuminating story of element number 88

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    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
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    Roentgenium

    2008-11-05T00:00:00Z

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

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    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

  • 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

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    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 – 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

  • Periodic table of the elements – 14 – Silicon
    Podcast

    Silicon

    2008-09-10T00:00:00Z

    Andrea Sella introduces the second most abundant element in Earth's crust

  • Periodic table of the elements – 47 – Silver
    Podcast

    Silver

    2008-09-03T00:00:00Z

    The sought after element that gave us the photograph

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    September 2008

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Chemistry World Podcast - September 200800:10 -- Introduction02:06 -- Could cancer be diagnosed by smell?04:32 -- Lighting up cancer with fluorescent imaging to aid surgery 07:05 -- Nancy Rabalais from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium talks about the growing problem of ocean dead zones14:30 -- ...

  • Periodic table of the elements – 11 – Sodium
    Podcast

    Sodium

    2008-08-27T00:00:00Z

    An essential element with a split personality

  • Periodic table of the elements – 38 – Strontium
    Podcast

    Strontium

    2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

    Vegetarian gladiators, red fireworks and a mineral mistaken for barium; they are all under strontium's spotlight