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Podcast. This programme explains how the use of sulfur mustard, or mustard gas - a blister-causing agent used as a weapon during World War I - led to some of the earliest trials for anti-cancer drugs. [7...
Podcast. Katrina Krämer discusses metal-organic frameworks: crystalline macromolecules comprised of metal ions or metal ion clusters ('nodes’) connected by ‘struts’ made from organic molecules. [10...
Why did thousands of turkeys drop dead across England in 1961? Why is eating peanut butter on a stick of celery better for you than spreading it on toast? This podcast answers both questions by investigating...
A useful overview of the chemical compound Uranium Dioxide, including its history, production and application in industry and art.
Short video about thorium, element 90 on the periodic table, presented by Sir Martyn Poliakoff of Nottingham University. [3 minutes]
British Sign Language version of the periodic table created by Access Bedford and performed by members of the community. The signs have been matched to elements from research, looking at the history and...
Documentary film about Porton Down, the British military and scientific base that specialises in chemical and biological warfare and the fight against global terrorism. The top-secret British military unit...
In this compelling and clear 16 minute video, leading scientists tell the story of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells). This extraordinary scientific discovery changed the way we think about human...
Podcast from the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online journal Chemistry World. Simon Cotton investigates 2,4-dinitrophal, an explosive nitro-compound. In the early 1930s, a team of researchers at Stanford...
Video podcast from the University of Oxford, Department of Chemistry. Kylie Vincent and Philip Ash discuss how bacteria harness the energy stored within hydrogen molecules, and how this could help build a...
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