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Chemistry World Podcast
February 2012
1.07: Determining the age of bloodstains using fluorescence
3.51: Magnetic nanoparticles to remove cadmium from blood
6.07: Paul Bertsch discusses using worms to investigate the effects of silver nanoparticles in the environment
12.12: Controlling termite populations with nanoparticle technology
15.04: Listening to the sounds of a cell with the nanoear
19.05: Scott Mabury looks at the issues surrounding fluorinated chemicals making their way into the food chain
26.20: Metal hip replacements provide their own lubrication - graphite
29.33: Did the TNA world come before the RNA world?
32.53: Trivia - Chinese inventions
Read more about this month's stories
Amino acid residues give away bloodstain's age
10 January 2012
Scene of crime scientists might one day be able to use protein fluorescence to determine how old bloodstains are
Cleaning cadmium from blood
05 January 2012
A supermagnetic particle could reduce heavy metal pollution in blood
Silver soils
Nanosilver is filtering into the environment in ever-increasing quantities. But is it the nano or the silver component we should be worrying about, asks Hayley Birch
Controlling termites with nanoparticles
04 January 2012
Silica nanoparticles could help exterminate entire termite colonies
Nanoear listens in on cellular motoring
09 January 2012
Scientists working in Germany have developed a tiny listening device to eavesdrop on the sounds of microscopic objects such as living cells
Damage limitation?
Emma Davies investigates attempts to stem the flow of potentially harmful fluorinated chemicals into both our environment and our bloodstreams
Artificial hips glide on graphite
22 December 2011
Artificial hips lubricate themselves by grinding up proteins, but are graphite fragments something we want in our bodies?
The TNA world that came before the RNA one
08 January 2012
Chemists find evidence that a nucleic acid that is simpler than RNA could have been the primordial genetic material
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