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A weekly tour of the periodic table, from Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
In this episode, we discuss the challenges of balancing tyre chemistry and environmental safety, along with the first known example of natur...
This week we discuss a new light-controlled technique that creates structural color and water repellent properties in polymer films and disc...
It's Nobel season again! And we're doing something a little different here on The chemical breakdown. Instead of our usual stories, in this...
This week, we explore how molecular glues have revolutionized how we treat previously 'undruggable' cancers and explore how modern scientifi...
This week, we discuss a study showing promise in applying CAR-T immunotherapy in bladder cancer tumours and breakdown how scientists have un...
In this episode, we discuss the changes to science policy made by the new UK prime minister and breakdown the chemistry behind crumbling con...
In this episode, we breakdown the controversy behind a collection of altered images in the online catalogue of one of the largest laboratory...
In this episode, we reflect on the lessons learned and the impacts of the Seveso chemical disaster of 1976, and discuss the latest membrane...
In this episode, we bring the latest from the recent temporary reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and discuss the presence of potential expl...
This week, we discuss the latest challenges facing US science outlined by president of the US National Academy of Sciences Marcia McNutt in...
This week, we look back at how far click chemistry has come in the last 25 years and discuss the strange bonding behaviour of some of the la...
This week, we discuss the latest milestone in quantum computational modelling and reveal the common laboratory item causing strange readings...
This week, we are celebrating Chemistry World's Battery Week with a special battery-themed episode! We discuss the race between cathode mate...
This week, we discuss vanadium's potential in the medical field and the changes you can make in our lab to reduce your carbon footprint, wit...
This week, we discuss how to ensure experimental instruments are truly inert and chemistry's answer to the fate of the Mary Celeste, with Ph...
This week, we discuss the peculiarities of water's behaviour and how science sleuths are fighting disinformation with Philip Robinson and Em...
This week, we discuss team discuss the boundaries of the atom and breakdown the US's plan to eliminate synthetic food dyes with Jennifer New...
This week, we discuss reflections from this year's American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting and the latest...
Welcome to our latest podcast series, The chemical breakdown. Each week, we dive deeper into two stories we've covered here at Chemistry Wor...
In this special podcast produced in partnership with Waters Corporation, find out how understanding the chemistry and materials that go into...