Tamoxifen: Chemistry in its element
Tamoxifen can treat and prevent one type of breast cancer, without the side effects of chemotherapy. Andrew Holding explains more
6 Nov 20134min
Phenylthiocarbamide: Chemistry in its element
By tasting fantastically bitter, but only to some, phenylthiocarbamide (or PTC) exposed the genetics of taste
30 Okt 20135min
Nitinol: Chemistry in its element
Sitting on your glasses is no longer a death sentence for spectacles, thanks to shape memory alloys like nitinol
23 Okt 20134min
Titin: Chemistry in its element
It's a massive molecular record breaker. Andrew Holding introduces Titin, the largest protein in the human body
16 Okt 20133min
Spanish fly: Chemistry in its element
Helen Scales looks at cantharidin, the active ingredient in this famous aphrodisiac
10 Okt 20135min
Serotonin: Chemistry in its element
Serotonin, the 'happy molecule', may be at the root of depression, but Hayley Birch finds we still have a lot to learn
2 Okt 20135min
Thujone: Chemistry in its element
Wrongly blamed for murders and hallucinations, Simon Cotton raises a glass of absinthe to this week's compound: Thujone
25 Sep 20138min
Ambergris: Chemistry in its element
How can whale waste make you a fortune? This week, Helen Scales searches for Ambergris
18 Sep 20135min
