Baclofen: Chemistry in its element
One doctor's battle with alcoholism and self-experimentation with baclofen led to a rush of people desperate to try the drug to curb their addictions. But are we simply replacing one problem with anot...
2 Aug 20195min
Polypropylene: Chemistry in its element
Microplastics, including polypropylene, are present in our oceans, on our beaches and even in bottled water. Ian Robertson from PerkinElmer investigates the scale and some solutions
26 Juli 20198min
Zinc polycarboxylate: Chemistry in its element
Lay back in the chair and say 'Ahh', as Mike Freemantle introduces zinc polycarboxylate dental cement
19 Juli 20197min
Zircon: Chemistry in its element
The versatile gemstones that give scientists insights into the chemistry of the early Earth, introduced by Brian Clegg
12 Juli 20196min
Cyclopropane: Chemistry in its element
Chemistry's tastiest bonds for an explosive anaesthetic that was as useful as it was dangerous
5 Juli 20197min
2C psychedelics: Chemistry in its element
Ben Valsler introduces a class of hallucinogenic phenethylamines, explored by the 'godfather of psychedelics' Alexander Shulgin and sadly implicated in a tragedy at a 2017 music festival
28 Juni 20196min
Azidothymidine: Chemistry in its element
The first drug approved in the US to treat Aids required a completely new approach to clinical trials – Frances Addison explores the history of azidothymidine
21 Juni 20195min
Silver iodide: Chemistry in its element
How the compound that ushered in a photographic revolution has taken to the skies to try to control the weather
14 Juni 20196min
