Prof. Lee Cronin, Regius Chair of Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow joins Jonathan to discuss working on taking the guesswork out of creating the pharmaceuticals that we depend on through the use and development of 'Chemputers', a new method that is capable of reliably synthesising organic chemicals.
Sep 13
Futureproof Special: The Lost Bridge
Guests:Genevieve Von Petzinger, Paleoanthropologist and rock art researcher and Project Director of the LIACARA ProjectDr. George Nash, Associate Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of LiverpoolDr. Barbara Oosterwijk, Postdoctoral ... Show More
43m 56s
Aug 2023
Upper-intermediate | Saved by the Gong: Chemistry
<p>Name a famous chemist. Mm-hmm, you can't can you? Didn't think so. If you want to make a living cooking meth, mixing hair gel or testing tainted candy, you've got some learning to do. But first learn a little about chemistry in Chinese in this podcast. Episode link ... Show More
14m 16s
Sep 2025
Episode 59: Dr. Paul Chirik on Modern Alchemy
Dr. Paul Chirik, the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry and the Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University, researches something he calls “modern alchemy.” As many of the world's most effective chemical catalysts are made from rare and precious metals, Dr ... Show More
17m 43s
Aug 2020
Ep. 32: Should organic chemistry's name reactions go the way of mouth pipetting?
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scientists have been naming ideas, theorems, discoveries, and so on after other scientists for a very long time (Newton's laws of motion, anyone?). Chemists are no different. They've been naming reactions after each other since about the early t ... Show More
26m 56s