Hydrogen peroxide: Chemistry in its element

Kiki Sanford explores how polyamines found in semen could be related to a long and healthy life

15 Mar 20178min

Michael Freemantle on chemical weapons and the birth of cancer chemotherapy

8 Mar 20176min

Forming layers just three atoms deep, molybdenum disulfide shows potential in filtration, flexible screens and minuscule transistors

1 Mar 20177min

Kit Chapman explains how a 'daft' pharmacy mix up led to a series of poisonings in Victorian Britain

22 Feb 20175min

Jane Austen's Mr Darcy lends his name to a pheromone that lets mice feel the love, as Kat Arney discovers

15 Feb 20176min

Brian Clegg examines the colourful compounds that no red-blooded creature can do without: Porphyrins

8 Feb 20176min

Blue flashes and metallic water are just some of the tricks the smallest possible anion has up its sleeve

2 Feb 20178min

Brian Clegg introduces a crystalline hydrocarbon that isn't as tough as it sounds, but is the basis of a wide range of medicines

26 Jan 20176min