Chemistry World Podcast

How cephalopods teach chemists about camouflage, and new ways to convert carbon dioxide into useful materials

Cannabis, peanuts and explosive investigations – all in the February 2015 Chemistry World podcast

How a new nanoparticle iron supplement can treat anaemia, and a run down of chemists in the new year honours

How nitrogen can make green explosives and why molecular communication might produce chatty nanobots

We speak to Eric Betzig about his Nobel prize-winning research, and find out how thermoelectric materials can be made more efficient

We speak to Jason Sello about the hunt for new antibiotics, and Monique Simmonds explains the chemical role of botanical gardens

We speak to Paul Clarke about the challenges of natural product synthesis and discuss the pros and cons of perovskite solar cells

This month, how artificial comets may explain the origins of asymmetry in life. Plus, we speak to Martyn Poliakoff

We speak to artist Briony Marshall and art detective Warren Warren about the more artistic sides of chemistry

We speak to Tom Brown, the 2014 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year, and find out why cells spend so much time doing nothing

We speak to the 'sultan of synthesis', Phil Baran, and Peter James explains how labs can save cash on energy bills

Why are researchers boycotting a conference? How can Raman spectroscopy reveal the true colours of paintings? And how can shrimp shells help clean the ocean?

This month, synthetic DNA bases and chemistry using smartphones

This month, alternatives to animal testing and exploring actinide chemistry

This month, we examine the controversy surrounding the Turin shroud and explore the history of crystallography

We discover how spin chemistry guides migrating birds and explore the science of cheese

Michelle Francl helps us tackle chemophobia, and we discover the history, art and science of alloys with David Dye

Chemists are helping palaeontologists discover the palette of fossil pigments, and helping toxicologists design greener compounds

Emma Smith surveys the prospects for chemistry graduates and Polly Arnold looks at plugging the leaky pipeline of women in chemistry

Loren Williams explains how the ribosome hints at the origins of life, and Kevin Greenlees discusses veterinary drug development