Interviews about Chemistry

There are a lot of mixed messages about the risks and rewards of drinking wine. So, what's true and what's...

Lightning looks set to strike twice as often in future thanks to global warming, a new study predicts...

Scrubbing away C02 emissions to cut carbon emissions, combat climate change and slash energy costs.

Waste is contaminating the river Thames. To stop this, a new super sewer is being built, and there are plans to take...

Plants are hugely efficient at creating energy from sunlight. Now researchers are trying to capture sunlight to make...

Cambridge based company Dovetailed have developed a process to print fruit, including ones that don’t even exist, like...

Does fracking contaminate our water supplies? And if so, is this down to the process itself or simply poor workmanship?

A new, nanoparticle treatment for multiple sclerosis is about to be trialled in Cambridge.

New research is showing that Ancient Egyptians were mummifying their dead a lot longer ago than previously imagined,...

Why do foods like lamb and mint sauce go so well together, while other combinations cause us to cringe?

Organic chemistry in 50 million year old specimens have revealed some surprising secrets about dinosaurs and leaves

Steel has a huge variety of uses, from armoured cars to and inside jet engines. Do we still have more to learn about...

Could we stop climate change by pumping particles into the ozone? Dr Kirsty Kuo thinks it's a possibility...

How do we protect substances we need to survive harsh environments like washing powder or even our stomachs?

Joel Kostka investigated in how microorganisms played a role in cleaning up the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil...

How we can change the lithium ion batteries in your phone or laptop to make them hold more energy.

What a battery is and how do they work?

Humans have handedness, but is the same true for chemistry? Can chemicals tell their right from their left?

Professor David Phillips and his team are figuring out how our DNA gets damaged, and which chemicals are responsible

Chaperones are proteins that help other proteins to fold properly, and being flexible makes chaperones better at this...

Whoosh! Money to burn, or not. Why an alcohol-soaked ten Pound note won't actually singe...

Tired of pathetic party poppers lacking propulsive power? We create a much better bang, using hydrogen...

Could smell come from the vibrations of individual molecules?

Nine missing Doctor Who episodes were found this year. How they were restored?