Andrea Sella
Professor of Chemistry at University College London
4 episodes
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Misha Glenny and guests discuss the biology, physics and chemistry of one of the most abundant elements in the Earth's crust and its impact on our atmosphere and on technology
26 March 2026
Also featuring: Kate Hendry, Monica Grady
Chromatography
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss chromatography as a means of separating mixtures, widely used when testing water and air quality, in forensics and drug manufacture.
4 February 2016
Also featuring: Apryll Stalcup, Leon Barron
States of Matter
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the science of matter and the states in which it can exist, from solids, liquids and gases to high-energy plasmas.
3 April 2014
Also featuring: Athene Donald, Justin Wark
Water
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss water, one of the most remarkable of all molecules.
28 March 2013
Also featuring: Hasok Chang, Patricia Hunt