Thiamine or vitamin B: Chemistry in its element
Brian Clegg introduces an essential nutrient, and the first to hold the name 'vitamin': Thiamine or vitamin B
22 Loka 20156min
Cephalosporins: Chemistry in its element
A story which starts knee-deep in sewage and ends with the spread of drug resistant infections like MRSA
15 Loka 20156min
Lewisite: Chemistry in its element
Wouldn't it be great to have a molecule named after you? But perhaps not this week's compound, the chemical weapon lewisite
7 Loka 20156min
Xenon hexafluoroplatinate: Chemistry in its element
Hayley Birch discovers the compound that opened up a wing of the periodic table for reactions: Xenon hexafluoroplatinate
30 Syys 20155min
Sodium azide: Chemistry in its element
Raychelle Burks finds out how Potbelly's patrons became poisoning patients, in the mystery of the sodium azide-laced iced tea
23 Syys 20156min
Gelsemine : Chemistry in its element
In this week's podcast, Matt Gunther reveals the toxic history of gelsemine
21 Syys 20156min
Methyl salicylate: Chemistry in its element
In this week's podcast, Raychelle Burks tells us of the cool but warming effects of methyl salicylate, better known as oil of wintergreen.
15 Syys 20155min
Antimony sulfide: Chemistry in its element
It's at the heart of the first chemical equation, and makes Hayley Birch think of quiche. This week's compound is antimony sulfide
2 Syys 20155min
