A weekly tour of the periodic table, from Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
http://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 20 hours 17 minutes
Electrum
Georgia Mills introduces the malleable mixture of gold and silver that minted some of the world's oldest coins
Hypoxia-inducible factors – HIFs
Ben Valsler introduces the oxygen sensors that help life react to changing conditions, and were key to the 2019 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine
Ciguatoxin
Enna Guadalupe investigates the toxin found in reef fish that leads to food poisoning so bad it can cause life-long symptoms.
Ramipril & ACE inhibitors
How a Brazilian scientist's knowledge of viper venom led to the discovery of a whole class of medication for high blood pressure. With Mike Freemantle.
Methylhexaneamine or DMAA
Sold as a 'sports supplement', methylhexaneamine – or DMAA – is implicated in the deaths of otherwise fit & healthy people. Enna Guadalupe investigates.
Domoic acid
Katrina Krämer investigates a marine toxin that drives animals crazy and might have inspired one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most famous films
Boric acid
Mike Freemantle revisits battlefield surgery to investigate boric acid, a key part of Dakin's antiseptic solution used extensively in the first world war