Interviews about Chemistry

How sperm gear themselves up to fertilise an egg is very difficult to study. But now remote controlled sperm shed light...

Learning more about how enzymes work could lead to the design of new enzymes.

We follow a batch of rubbish on its recycling journey...

What is a plastic, and how are plastics made? Physicist Athene Donald makes some nylon and demonstrates thermoplastics...

Where did the ingredients for life come from? A new study suggests that deep-space sugars could hold the key...

A new ingredient that can trick your body into feeling full has been discovered by researchers in London.

There could be trouble ahead if we burn all our available fossil fuels, according to new research.

Apart from a dissolving teaspoon, the element gallium might hold the key to making more powerful processors for...

We find out how best to impress at the dinner table this year with some super science experiments...

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...