Hexenal: Chemistry in its element
For many, it's the smell of spring and summer. But hexenal - responsible for the aroma of freshly cut grass - makes Simon Cotton think of cricket.
27 Nov 20136min
Potassium bromide: Chemistry in its element
Did chemistry help control tension in the trenches? Brian Clegg investigates potassium bromide
20 Nov 20136min
Napalm: Chemistry in its element
A devastating weapon indelibly associated with Apocalypse Now and the Vietnam war, Simon Cotton introduces Napalm
13 Nov 20135min
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
